A history of the old English letter foundries, with notes, historical and bibliographical, on the rise and progress of English typography (1887)
Reed, Talbot Baines, 1852-1893 · London : E. Stock · leaf 12
PREFACE. … and made famous in our land those arts and handicrafts of which we are now the heritors. The; Art of Letter Founding hesitated long before yielding to the revolutionary impulses of modern progress. While kindred arts —and notably that art which preserves all others—were advancing by leaps and…
Typography · Printing
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