Printing History

Printing History New Series 12

edited by William T. La Moy
Price: $20.00

New Series Number Twelve (July 2012)

Joan Boudreau, The Portable Press and Field Printing during the American Civil War.

REVIEWS

Martin Hopkinson, Ex Libris: The Art of Bookplates [Reviewed by Jeffrey Mifflin]

David Pearson, Books as History [Reviewed by Jeffrey Mifflin]

Journal details

Publisher: APHA (July, 2012)

ISSN: 0192-9275

Binding: Softcover

Pages: 32

Illustrations: y

Size: 10.25 x 7.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.5

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The Scythe and the Rabbit: Simon de Colines and the Culture of the Book in Renaissance Paris

by Kay Amert
edited by Robert Bringhurst
Price: $39.99

Book details

Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press (November, 2012)

ISBN-13: 978-1-933360-56-0

Binding: Softcover

Pages: 292

Size: 6 x 9 in.

Shipping Weight: 2

Foreword

Introduction

1 Parisian Printing in the Early Sixteenth Century: Establishing an Internation Idiom

2 Origins of the French Old-Style: The Roman and Italic Types of Simon de Colines

3 Medicine, Typography, and Renaissance Ideals in Early Sixteenth-Century Paris

4 Sculpture under the Microscope: A Closer Look at Some Sixteenth-Century Letterforms

5 Duet for the Design of Letters: The Work of Simon de Colines and Geofroy Tory

6 The Humanization of a Medieval Form: Geofroy Tory’s and Simon de Coline’s Books of Hours

7 The Phenomenon of the Gros Canon: The Birth of Roman Display Type in Renaissance Paris

8 The Intertwining Strengths of Simon de Colines and His Stepson Robert Estienne

9 The Aldine Hypothesis: Appraising and Reviving Early Italian and French Printing Types

Afterword

Appendix I: Provisional Census of Types Cut by Simon de Colines

Apendix II: Outline of the Typographic Dialogue between Colines and Robert Estienne

Bibliography

Reproduction Credits

Index

Edges of Books

by Steven K. Galbraith
Price: $16.99

Edges of Books examines a familiar form from an unfamiliar perspective. When books are on display it is usually their spines, covers, text, or illustrations that are featured. These are the familiar parts of the books—the parts that modern readers have come to interact with the most. Edges of Books takes a different approach, uncovering a tradition that extends back centuries in which the edges of books were important sites for information and decoration.

Book details

Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press (September, 2012)

ISBN-13: 978-1-933360-69-0

Binding: Softcover

Pages: 74

Illustrations: 57

Size: 10 x 7 in.

Shipping Weight: 0.4

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Old School t-shirt

Price: $10.00

Show your style and pride with RIT’s Cary Graphic Arts Collection’s retro T. Not just the proverbial “Old-School,” the graphic featured on this shirt was captured from a historic letterpress cut from our archive collection and brought to you. This stone green, Hanes 100% cotton shirt is available in sizes S-XL.

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Exclamation Point Greeting Card

Price: $1.50

Send a message in emphasis with this oversized exclamation point greeting card. Printed from wood type in the Cary Collection. Envelope included.

Size: 3.5 x 9.25 in.

Hamlet Broadside

Price: $10.95

The classic verse of empowerment from Shakespeare’s Hamlet stands out boldly when printed from historic metal type at the RIT Cary Collection. This broadside is typeset in Eve Heavy, designed by Rudolf Koch in the early 1920s for the Klingspor typefoundry. It is printed on a fine quality tan laid paper, suitable for framing.

Size: 16 x 12 in.

Psalm 9:1–2 Broadside

Price: $9.95

This two-color broadside was printed using classic metal type held in the RIT Cary Collection. The typeface, Victor Hammer’s American Uncial, elegantly sets this uplifting Psalm of rejoicing.

Size: 11 x 12 in.

Bestiary Wood Engraving Print

Price: $10.95

Wood engravings depicting twelve different exotic animals make an attractive print, suitable for framing. The images were carefully printed on the RIT Cary Collection’s historic letterpress equipment, using 19th century wood blocks and a cream laid paper. Animals included: tiger, leopard, lion, hyena, eagle, camel, boar, elk, mountain goat, crocodile, kangaroo, and bear.

Size: 11 x 17 in.

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The Art of the Book in the Twentieth Century

by Jerry Kelly
Price: $39.95

Throughout the twentieth century, modern design theories in combination with newer printing technologies offered book designers far more options than were previously available to them. Utilizing these resources, some skillful artisans produced stunning designs in period style, arranging modern re-cuttings of early type designs with historical decoration that resulted in the creation of truly beautiful books; while others preferred a more contemporary aesthetic, building upon earlier principles in a fresh, novel manner.

Book details

Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press (March, 2011)

ISBN-13: 978-1-933360-46-1

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 200

Illustrations: 100+

Size: 9 x 12 in.

Shipping Weight: 3

Introduction

Daniel Berkeley Updike

Bruce Rogers

Joseph Blumenthal

Stanley Morison

Francis Meynell

Giovanni Mardersteig

Jan van Krimpen

Jan Tschichold

Max Caflisch

Gotthard de Beauclair

Hermann Zapf

Bibliography

Index

The Bentons

by Patricia A. Cost, Matthew Carter
Price: $24.95

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Book details

Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press

ISBN-10: 978-1-933360-42-3

Binding: Softcover

Pages: 400

Size: 7 x 10 in.

Shipping Weight: 2

Printing History