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The art & practice of typography : a manual of American printing, including a brief history up to the twentieth century, with reproductions of the work of early masters of the craft, and a practical discussion and an extensive demonstration of the modern use of type-faces and methods of arrangement (1917)

Gress, Edmund G. (Edmund Geiger), 1872-1934 · New York : Oswald Pub. Co. · leaf 32

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uilt, the Egyptianswrote upon papyrus, a plant growing on the banks of theNile. The inner portion of the plant was stripped, thestrips laid across each other, pressed and dried. Thesquares of material tluis made were then joined togetherto form a long strip which was rolled around a rod. Upon… … 1 2 THE ART AND PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY Egyptians, whence its name. A reproduction of a portionof this book is given on page three. Supposedly under the patronage of the Egyptian ruler,Rameses II., about thirteen hundred years before Christ,many books on religion, law, medicine and other…

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