Title-pages may seem too trifling a subject for many pages. Compared with the text that follows, the title is a trifle, and yet the impression made by it is not to be undervalued. It is the page first inspected, and it attracts or repels at a glance. If it does attract, praise or purchase may follow; if it does not, the book is usually closed unbought, and is ever after remembered with a dislike which will cling to the edition.
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(1902)
A Treatise on Title-Pages
with numerous illustrations in facsimile and some observations on the early and recent printing of books
by Theodore Low De Vinne
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A richly illustrated history and analysis of title-page design, written as a resource for printers and designers.
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Graphic design (Typography), History, Printing, Specimens, Title pages, typesetting, typography, book designTimes
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First Sentence
"This treatise was written for and published by the Grolier Club of the city of New York in February, 1901."
Table of Contents
Preface.
xvii
PART I: HISTORICAL.
I The Colophon.
3
II Titles with Device.
21
III Titles with Engraved Borders.
43
IV Borders of Flowers or Rules.
75
V Paragraph and Bastard Titles.
95
VI Titles in Black-Letter.
115
VII Ornamented Titles.
141
VIII Early Displayed Titles.
157
IX Condensed Types.
177
PART II: PRACTICAL.
X The Modern Title-Page.
195
XI The Selection of Faces.
233
XII The Display of Words.
269
XIII About Blanks, Leading, and Spacing.
323
XIV Red Lines and Letters. Punctuation.
337
PART III: CRITICAL.
XV The Pickering Title. The Squared Title.
351
XVI The Chap-Book and its Outgrowths.
369
XVII Kelmscott Typography.
387
XVIII French Title-Pages.
403
XIX Lettering : Plain, Grotesque, and Artistic.
417
XX A Title-Page in Ten Styles.
449
Index.
461
Edition Notes
An enlarged edition of the author's "Title-pages as seen by printer", published by the Grolier club, New York, 1901.
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