Notes on a Century of Typography at the University Press, Oxford, 1693-1794.. A with an Introduction and additional notes. photographic reprint of the edition of 1900
by Hart, H. ; Carter, H
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in dustwrapper, the top inch of the front panel of the dustwrapper being sunned
- ISBN 10
- 0198181388
- ISBN 13
- 9780198181385
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About This Item
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1970 reprint of 1900 first edition. Cloth, gilt cover device, 4to, 33 cm,. ix, 16, xvi, 203 pp, ills, facs. From the blurb: "Horace Hart's Century is a display and a record of the typefaces given to the University of Oxford in the seventeenth century by Bishop John Fell and of other types and ornaments cast in old matrices preserved at the Press. In an appendix Hart prints the letters exchanged between Fell and his agent in Holland about the purchase of matrices and type. The author, Printer to the University from 1883 until 1915 printed 150 copies of his book in 1900 and gave them to people prominent in the literary world. It has not been reprinted previously. The Century has come to be regarded as a classic authority by students of typographical history. This reprint by photo-lithography is supplemented by an introduction and notes. Research done since the book was issued, particularly by the late Stanley Morison into the origins of the Fell types, is digested in the notes at the end of the book, and some revisions by Hart have been added. This edition is, therefore, an up-to-date survey of one of the world's richest collections of historic printing types. The added matter is hand-set in Fell types and printed directly from them. It includes a list of recipients of the original edition." In the original edition Hart had attempted to reproduce and represent by types in existence, by types cast for the purpose, or by "Process" blocks where no types existed, all the Types, Devices, Ornaments, etc. as shown in the "Specimens" dated or undated 1693-1794. Near Fine in dustwrapper, the top inch of the front panel of the dustwrapper being sunned.
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- Title
- Notes on a Century of Typography at the University Press, Oxford, 1693-1794.. A with an Introduction and additional notes. photographic reprint of the edition of 1900
- Author
- Hart, H. ; Carter, H
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, gilt cover device, 4to, 33 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in dustwrapper, the top inch of the front panel of the dustwrapper being sunned
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0198181388
- ISBN 13
- 9780198181385
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1970 reprint of 1900 first edition
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970 reprint of 1900 first edit
- Pages
- ix, 16, xvi, 203 pp, ills, facs
- Keywords
- Type and type-founding England Oxford History 18th century. Early printed books England Oxford 18th century Bibliography. Type and type-founding England Specimens. Oxford (England) Imprints. Fell, John, 1625-1686. Oxford University Press.; Hart, Horace 01
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