The Art & Practice of Typography / A Manual of American Printing, Including a Brief History up to the Twentieth Century, with Reproductions of the Work of Early Masters of the Craft, and a Practical Discussion and an Extensive Demonstration of the Modern Use of Type-faces and Methods of Arrangement |
The ART & PRACTICE of TYPOGRAPHY THE FIRST PRINTED DECLARATION
Fac-simile in reduced size (original type form about twelve by seventeen inches) of the Declaration of Independence officially printed about July 5, 1776. It was this setting of the Declaration that was read before Washington’s army. Reproduced direct from the original in the Congressional minute book of July 4, 1776 The ART & PRACTICE of
TYPOGRAPHY
A Manual of American Printing
INCLUDING A BRIEF HISTORY UP TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, WITH REPRODUCTIONS OF THE WORK OF EARLY MASTERS OF THE CRAFT, AND A PRACTICAL DISCUSSION AND AN EXTENSIVE DEMONSTRATION OF THE MODERN USE OF TYPE-FACES AND METHODS OF ARRANGEMENT By EDMUND G. GRESS EDITOR THE AMERICAN PRINTER AUTHOR THE AMERICAN HANDBOOK OF PRINTING NEW YORK·OSWALD PUBLISHING COMPANY·1917 Copyright, 1917, by the Oswald Publishing Company
TO THE TYPOGRAPHERS OF THE PAST WHO MADE THE ART HONORED AMONG MEN AND TO THE TYPOGRAPHERS OF THE PRESENT WHO ARE RESTORING TO PRINTING ITS ANCIENT DIGNITY THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED |
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