Order Nr. 124135 REPORT ON THE TYPOGRAPHY OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PREPARED IN 1917 AT THE REQUEST OF THE SYNDICS BY BRUCE ROGERS AND NOW PRINTED IN HONOUR OF HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY.

REPORT ON THE TYPOGRAPHY OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PREPARED IN 1917 AT THE REQUEST OF THE SYNDICS BY BRUCE ROGERS AND NOW PRINTED IN HONOUR OF HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY.

(Rogers, Bruce).
  • N.P. The University Printer, 1950.
  • 4to.
  • cloth-backed boards.
  • xii, 36 pages.

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Limited to 500 copies as one of the Cambridge Christmas books. With the bookplate of Lillian Marks (Plantin Press) on front pastedown. Covers show some toning along edges. Endpapers foxed.

The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books... Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB). Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived"

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