Champ Fleury

Tory, Geoffrey, 1480-1533 and George Burnham Ives

Verlag: Thr Grolier Club/William Edwin Rudge Printing, New York, 1927

Beschreibung

Quarto. Limited to 390 copies. xxiii, 208 pages translated and annotated by George B. Ives, designed, and printed by Bruce Rogers. Aldus praised the original edition for its adaptation of the roman type in its use of the French language. His discussion of the formation of roman capitals by geometric means led to many advances in design in early printing. His models for the capitals, set within a modular grid, displayed an approach to their construction that was unique to Tory, and his commentary critiqued the parallel efforts of the early letterform theorists. Bound in 1/4 vellum over decorative paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, spine somewhat darkened, in near fine dust jacket showing minor wear to spine ends, housed within publisher's slipcase showing wear to edges. A very nice copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 028833

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Champ Fleury

Verlag: Thr Grolier Club/William Edwin Rudge Printing, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1927

Auflage: Limited Edition.