Charles Bossom
 Morison, Stanley The Typographic Arts [and The Art of Printing]. Two lectures. With plates. , London: Sylvan Press, 1949.First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo Dust jacket in clear protective sleeve, unclipped, large closed tear on upper cover. White cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Cholmondeley Book plate on f. paste down. (Cholmondeley Reginald, Condover Hall" with motto "Cassis tutissima virtus) No ownership inscription. 106 pages clean and tight. The present volume I)rings together two essays by Mr. Stanley Morison that, from different approaches, consider- the nature and purposes of the typographic arts. The first-THE TYPOGRAPHIC ARTS-beginning with an inquiry into the reasons for the decline in the standards of book-production in Gt. Britain from the fifteenth century, is a survey of typography from its invention to the present day. Analysing the factors at work that influenced artistic standards and changes of taste in printing, Mr. Morison exhibits those aspects of the history of book-production which can provide lessons and guidance for all those concerned with the future of the typographic arts. This essay concludes with an appraisal and interpretation of the work and doctrines of William Morris, in which is implicit a statement of Mr. Morison 's own principles, particularly in reference to the function of ornament in typography. The second-THE ART OF PRINTING-considers the properties and purposes peculiar to printing by investigating its calligralphical and inscriptional antecedents and by considering its nature as revealed in its process. f=rom the definition of printing that results from these two lines of inquiry, Mr. Morison is able to examine the status of photographic technique and to show that they are in no way alien to the nature of printing. (Book ref. 127773) £21.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Charles Bossom , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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