San Francisco: The Greenwood Press, 1954. oblong small 8vo. parchment- backed boards, paper cover label. (vi), 8, (46) pages. Limited to 350 copies and printed on French Rives paper by Jack Werner Stauffacher at his Greenwood Press. Well preserved copy. Gives a history of the face followed by specimens of type and ornaments printed in two colors. Includes a foldout facsimile showing the Janson specimen sheets of 1674 and 1678.
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2018. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 466 pages. Pablo Alvarez offers the first complete English translation of Alonso Víctor de Paredes Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores [Institution, and Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors]. This 96-page printing manual set and printed by Paredes himself was issued in Madrid around 1680. It opens with an introductory digression.....