Technique & Design in the history of printing.

Containing 26 selected and thoroughly rewritten essays and articles (all written by Janssen and published previously between 1976 and 2002 in yearbooks and periodicals) all dedicated to the history of printing and book production, this work draws systematically attention to the typogtaphical design ... More info

Bodoni: quand la simplicité devient art.

Exposition organisée à la Bibliotheca Wittockiana du 17 juin au 9 septembre 2000. This monograph is a tribute to the prince of typographers, Giambatista Bodoni (1740-1813) whose genius is not only refelcted in the creating and drawing of typographical characters, but also in their engraving and foun... More info

Selected Essays on Books and Printing. Edited by Percy H. Muir.

Forty extensive essays on the history of printing, publishing, typefounding, type design, etc. Emphasis is on the sixteenth century. A very beautifully produced book: Designed by Giovanni Mardersteig and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona. More info

The Type-Specimens of Claude Lamesle. A Facsimile of the first edition printed at Paris in 1742. With an Intro...

Fine facsimile of the `Epreuves générales des caractères qui se trouvent Chez Claude Lamesle Fondeur de Caracteres d`Imprimerie`. Paris, 1742. More info

Geofroy Tory, peintre et graveur, premier imprimeur royal, réformateur de l`orthographe et de la typographie s...

I. Biographie.  II. Bibliographie ( pp. 79-184).  III. Iconographie.  IV. Appendice. More info

The Type Specimen of Jacques-François Rosart. Facsimile, with introduction and notes by Fernand Baudin and Net...

Fine facsimile of the `Epreuve des caracteres, Qui se gravent & fondent dans la nouvelle fonderie de Jacques-François Rosart`.. Deuxième Edition augmentée. Bruxelles, 1768. More info

Sixteenth-Century Printing Types of the Low Countries. With a Foreword by Harry Carter.

This pioneer work is an annotated catalogue, illustrated with specimens of the types made during the sixteenth century in the area now covered by the Netherlands and Belgium. The influence of the sixteenth-century typecutters was considerable; in fact, many of their type faces, described in this boo... More info