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Philosophical writings on the ideal book /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garnett, Porter, 1871-1951 (Author)
Corporate Author: Phelps-Schaefer Lithographics (Printer)
Other Authors: Stauffacher, Jack W. (Jack Werner), 1920-2017 (Compiler), Stone, Sumner, 1946- (Type designer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, California] : Book Club of California, 1994.
Series:Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 203.
Subjects:
Garnett, Porter, > 1871-1951.
Laboratory Press > History.
Laboratory Press.
Book design > United States.
Book design.
United States.
Typografie.
Typefaces (Type evidence) > Cycles.
History.
Cloth case bindings > U.S.A. > 1994.
Italic (typeface group) > Cycles > U.S.A. > 1994.
Limited editions > U.S.A. > 1994.
Paper (fibre product) labels (identifying artifacts) > U.S.A. > 1994.
Roman (upright typeface group) > Cycles > U.S.A. > 1994.
Anthologies > U.S.A. > 1994.
Machine-made papers (fibre products > Mohawk Superfine > U.S.A. > 1994.
Table of Contents:
  • Chronology of Porter Garnett's life
  • Beaumanence : the philosophy of a man of literature and art / with a preface and introduction by Bror Zachrisson
  • The fine book and the hand-press
  • The ideal book
  • The story of the catalogue of the Frick Collection
  • A conspectus of type design : from 1454 to the present day / compiled by Porter Garnett
  • What is it? : an aesthetical investigation
  • Appendices : miscellaneous writings. Reviews / by Porter Garnett
  • Reflections on Porter Garnett
  • Garnett's credo : two essays on the book. The two merits of a book / by Paul ValĂ©ry ; Printing as architecture / by Henri Focillon.