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An introduction to the history printing types - An illustrated summa... (1998)
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Firstpublished 1961
byWace&CompanyLtd

Thiseditionpublished 1998
jointlybyTheBritishLibrary
96 EustonRoad
StPancras
London nwi
UK

andOakKnollPress
414 DelawareStreet
NewCastle
de 19720
USA

bykindpermissionofWaceUKLtd

isbn o 712345779 (UKcasededition)
isbn o 712345639 (UKpaperbackedition)

isbn 1884718434 (UScasededition)
isbn 1884718442 (USpaperbackedition)

©1961 GeoffreyDowding•
©1998 inForewordAlanBartram

LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
Dowding,Geoffrey, 1911—

Anintroductiontothehistoryofprintingtypes:anillustrated
summaryofthemainstagesinthedevelopmentoftypedesignfrom
1440 uptothepresentday:anaidtotypefaceidentification/by
GeoffreyDowding.
p.cm.

Originallypublished:Clerkenwell[London]:Wace, C1961. Withnew
foreword.

Includesbibliographicalreferences(p.)andindex.

ISBN 0-7123-4563-9 (BritishLibrary:pbk.).—ISBN 1-884718-43-4
(OakKnollPress:hard).—ISBN 1-884718-44-2 (OakKnollPress:
pbk.)

1. Typeandtype-founding—History.I.Tide.
Z250.A2D61997

686.2'2i—dc2i97-43152

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