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ALPHABETS TO ORDER: LITERATURE OF 19TH-CENTURY TYPEFOUNDERS' SPECIMENS
Johnston, Alastair
First edition. This work explores the literature of nineteenth century typefounders Catalogues. Combining typographic scholarship and literary criticism, Alastair Johnston presents and discusses hundreds of examples of texts that show British and North American founders' interests and preoccupations with letter forms. Co-published with The British Library. Illustrated with hundreds of type specimens.
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BIOGRAPHISCHES LEXICON DER HERVORRAGENENDEN AERTZE ALLER ...
by Hirsch, August
Reprint of the original edition published in Vienna and Leipzig by Urban and Schwarzenberg over the period 1884 to 1888. Sheehy EK162 "very valuable medical biographical dictionary, international in scope, covering physicians who had achieved prominence before 1880. Includes biographical facts, bibliography of works by, and sometimes bibliographical reference for further information." Describes 17,000 physicians. Besterman 2515. Additional supplements were issued after 1888 which are not included in this reprint.
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