Oak Knoll

First edition of what was the start to a three volume series. Fine in near fine jacket. Text set in Czech.

This is volume 1 (1976) and deals with typography, page design, and illustration for books produced by relief printing in 30 different kinds of American, Czech, and Western European type, usually in both regular and italic. Each type style is displayed, followed by examples of that type used on title pages, text pages, and various illustrated pages, with notes and comments. Concludes with an index, list of illustrations, bibliography, and lists of type foundries and illustrators.