Four Centuries Of Fine Printing One Hundred and Ninety-Two Facsimiles of Pages from Books Printed At Presses Established between 1465 and 1924

London, England: Ernets Benn Limited. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is the student's Edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge tears and spots of ground-in dirt. There is an inked number on the bottom front flap corner. "Stanley Morison (6 May 1889 – 11 October 1967) was an influential British typographer, printing executive and historian of printing. Largely self-educated, he promoted higher standards in printing and an awareness of the best printing and typefaces of the past. From the 1920s Morison became an influential adviser to the British Monotype Corporation, advising them on type design. His strong aesthetic sense was a force within the company, which starting shortly before his joining became increasingly known for commissioning popular, historically-influenced designs that revived some of the best typefaces of the past, with particular attention to the middle period of printing from the Renaissance to the late eighteenth-century, and creating and licensing several new type designs that would become popular. Original typefaces commissioned under Morison's involvement included Times New Roman, Gill Sans and Perpetua, while revivals of older designs included Bembo, Ehrhardt and Bell." (from Wikipedia) .