Typography : type specimens grouped, displayed and numbered for the ease of customers who desire a particular character and size. The written word and the printed word. Some tests for types. Concerning printers' flowers. The pioneer work of the Pelican Press. The points of a well made book. A glossary of printers' terms. Borders and initials
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Type of record: Book
Title: Typography : type specimens grouped, displayed and numbered for the ease of customers who desire a particular character and size. The written word and the printed word. Some tests for types. Concerning printers' flowers. The pioneer work of the Pelican Press. The points of a well made book. A glossary of printers' terms. Borders and initials
Classmark: Large Printing Collection/PEL
Creator(s): Meynell, Sir Francis (1891-1975)
Additional creator(s): Pelican Press (Other)
Publisher: Prepared, printed and published by The Pelican Press, 2 Carmelite Street
Publication city: London
Date(s): [1926?]
Language: English
Size and medium: 96 p., [2] folded leaves of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/302230
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991004554389705181
Description
Title-page and text within ornamental border.
"This book was compiled and was for the most part written by Francis Meynell for the Pelican Press..."--Colophon.
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