Oak Knoll

First edition. This copy has the ownership inscription of the book designer Max Caflisch written in pencil on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy. "The most handsome edition of this essay." (Appleton 53b). Stanley Morrison takes us through the history of writing and typography. Throughout, he reproduces examples of various scripts (early Carolignian, 12th century German, etc) and later he gives us type specimens like Baskerville's Antiqua-Typeor Didot's Kursiv. Indexed. In German.