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SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PRINTING TYPES OF THE LOW COUNTRIES. WITH A FOREWORD BY HARRY CARTER.
Vervliet, H.D.L
This pioneer work is an annotated catalogue, illustrated with specimens of the types made during the sixteenth century in the area now covered by the Netherlands and Belgium. The influence of the sixteenth-century typecutters was considerable; in fact, many of their type faces, described in this book, were to be found in English printing offices of those days and even much later. With 267 facsimile-illustrations depicting 147 type specimens.
Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
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AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY ...
by Carter, John and Graham Pollard
First edition. A classic piece of literary detective work in which the authors expose Thomas J. Wise as a forger by their work in type specimens, paper and study of the text of various 19th century pamphlets. Small piece of jacket is chipped away at head of spine. The jacket is price clipped. Well preserved copy.
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