Author: Alastair Johnston

Publisher/Date: Oak Knoll/British Library 2000 (stated First Edition)

Format/Condition: Burgandy cloth hardcover with dust jacket in fine condition. 213 pages, index. bibliography, glossary. Measures 9×11 inches. b/w illustrations

Description: This work explores the literature of nineteenth century typefounders Catalogues. Combining typographic scholarship and literary criticism, Alastair Johnston presents and discusses hundreds of examples of texts that show British and North American founders’ interests and preoccupations with letter forms. Co-published with The British Library. Illustrated with hundreds of type specimens.