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Stanley Morison

British type designer

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type designer (1889–1967)

Born 1889
Died 1967

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  • Cover of: First principles of typography.

    First published in 1930 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: English prayer books: an introduction to the literature of Christian public worship.
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    First published in 1943 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Four centuries of fine printing: two hundred and seventy-two examples of the work of presses established between 1465 and 1924

    First published in 1924 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The typographic arts: two lectures

    First published in 1949 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: John Bell, 1745-1831: bookseller, printer, publisher, typefounder, journalist & c.
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    First published in 1930 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: typographic book 1450-1935: a study of fine typography through five centuries, exhibited in upwards of three hundred and fifty title and text pages drawn from presses working in the European tradition

    First published in 1963 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The art of the printer: 250 title and text pages selected from books composed in the Roman letter, printed from 1500 to 1900

    First published in 1925 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: art of printing: annual lecture on aspects of art, HenrietteHertz trust of the British Academy, 1937.

    First published in 1937 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: [Boxed set of 17 dust jackets designed by Stanley Morison for Gollancz].

    First published in 1923 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The roman, italic & black letter bequeathed to the University of Oxford by Dr. John Fell

    First published in 1950 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The likeness of Thomas More: An iconographical survey of three centuries
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    First published in 1963 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Stanley Morison & D.B. Updike: selected correspondence
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    First published in 1979 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Fra Luca de Pacioli of Borgo S. Sepolcro.

    First published in 1933 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Letter forms, typographic and scriptorial: two essays on their classification, history, and bibliography.
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    First published in 1968 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The likeness of Thomas More: an iconographical survey of three centuries.
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  • Cover of: Notes on the development of Latin script from early to modern times.

    First published in 1948 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Selected essays on the history of letter-forms in manuscript and print
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    First published in 1980 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A tally of types: with additions by several hands ; and with a new introduction by Mike Parker
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    Cover of edition tallytypes00mori First published in 1953 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Type designs of the past and present

    First published in 1926 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1949 — 3 editions
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We need a photo of Stanley Morison

type designer (1889–1967)

Born 1889
Died 1967

Subjects

Printing, Type and type-founding, History, Specimens, Title pages, Penmanship, Biography, Alphabets, Imprints, Lettering, Oxford University Press, English newspapers, Italian Paleography, Liturgies, Printers, Scholarly publishing, Writing, Bibliography, Book design, Caractères d'imprimerie, Church of England, Facsimiles, Graphic design (Typography), Historiography, Paleography

Places

Great Britain, England, Italy, Cambridge, London, Oxford, Boston, Boston (Mass.), Cambridge (England), Europe, France, German-speaking Europe, Germany, London (England), Massachusetts, Oxford (England), United States, Venice, Venice (Italy)

People

John Fell (1625-1686), Edward Topham (1751-1820), Luca Pacioli (ca. 1445-1517), Stanley Morison (1889-1967), Thomas More Sir, Saint (1478-1535), Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941), Lucas Pacioli, Aldo Manuzio (1449 or 50-1515), Anton Janson, Antonio Blado (1490-1567), Aulus Gellius, B. L. Ullman (1882-1965), Charles Thomas Jacobi (1853-1933,), Charles Whittingham (1795-1876), Claude Garamond (-1561), Damasus I Pope (305-384), Dawks family, Edward Topham, Francesco Colonna (d. 1527), Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, Giovanni Battista Verini, Ichabod Dawks, Ichabod Dawks (1661-1730), Ichabod, 1661-1731 Dawks, John Bell (1745-1831)

Time

20th century, 17th century, 19th century, 18th century, 16th century

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Alternative names

  • Morison, Stanley
  • Morison Stanley
  • MORISON,Stanley
  • Stanley 1889-1967 Morison
  • Stanley MORISON
  • Stanley Arthur Morison

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August 10, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Add brief bio and full name from Wikidata
August 10, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import