De Vinne Press - Types of the De Vinne Press.

Types of the De Vinne Press: Specimens for the Use of Compositors, Proofreaders and Publishers. [ With a Preface by Theodore Low de Vinne.] 8vo, 24cm, pp.[viii], 449, 395 Lafayette Street, New York, 1907.

Frontispiece, engraved title-page vignette in colours; printed in black on old Stratford paper. Green grained cloth, upper board stamped in gilt, leather spine label titled in gilt. Slight wear to spine. A very good copy of a rare specimen book.

With sections on Black-letters, Initials, Capitals of Fonts with Lower-case, Text Types, Other Roman Faces Condensed and Expanded, Title or Fat-Face, Italic Types, Gothics and Runics, Antique, Ionic Doric, etc. Ornamented Types, Foreign Text Types, Script Types. Table Figures, etc.