Order Nr. 134706 DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.
DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.
DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.
DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.
DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.
DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.
DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.
DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.
DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.

DUTCH TYPES USED IN THE ENGLISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: 1911 - 1930.

(Hill Press).
  • Baltimore, MD: Hill Press, 2019.
  • 8vo
  • cloth, paper label on cover and spine
  • (iv), vi, 44, (2) pages

Price: $450.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 134706

First edition limited to 60 numbered copies, of which this copy is one of 47 copies bound in cloth by the Campbell-Logan Bindery. Also accompanying this book are eleven leaves in facsimile providing examples of the use of Dutch typefaces. This book seeks to establish the relationship between Dutch-inspired type faces and English prayer books. Essays included are 'Hendrik van den Keere: an Exceptionally Gifted Craftsman', by Guy Hutsebaut; 'Peter de Walpergen, His Training and Later Work in Oxford', by John A. Lane; 'Kis Types Resurrected, by Ronald Steur; 'Dutch Baroque Style Types and Their Revival, by Jerry Kelly; 'W. A. D.'s Initials for the Updike Prayer Book', by David H. Culbert; and 'Designing & Printing Prayer Books, by Stephen G. Heaver. Contains a subscribers list, table of contents, preface, introduction by Heaver, six tip-ins, doubl-page spread of Dutch types by Hendrik van den Keere, sources and acknowledgements, endnotes, and an errata page.