Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Scientific Facts title page (1922)





David J. Champion, Scientific Facts and other Practical Information Relative to Victor Rivets: Boiler, Ship, and Structural. (Fifth edition, 1922).

Monday, November 8, 2010

Chapter in the History of Typography (1893)

William Roberts, Printers’ Marks: A Chapter in the History of Typography
(London: George Bell & Sons, 1893.)


“One of the boldest of the early 16th century examples is that employed by Galliot Du Pré, Paris . . .”
William Roberts, Printers’ Marks: A Chapter in the History of Typography
(London: George Bell & Sons, 1893) 5.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Printers’ Marks (1893)

William Roberts, Printers’ Marks: A Chapter in the History of Typography
(London; New York: George Bell & Sons, 1893) 25.


Manipulated image; Photoshop | curves | negative preset


Thursday, October 28, 2010

Page detail—
"A Ballad of an Artist's Wife" (1895)

Page detail from "A Ballad of an Artist's Wife."  The Chap-book, vol 11, no 3, 1895
original color (top)   photoshopped color negative (bottom)

A Fig For Learning

Illustration of an abecedaria (hornbook) from The Bookman (1921)