The History of Printing Types: An Illustrated Summary of the Main Stages in the Development of Type Design from 1440 up to the Present Day

The title of this work is somewhat misleading, since it is a reprint of the 1961 book published by Wace, a printing company of which the author was a director. An authority on his subject, Dowding produced this as an introduction for students and the text is packed with black and white illustrations taken from books mainly in the former British Museum Library and St Bride’s Foundation. This reprint is well‐produced and is a useful reminder of those designs which eventually led to the splendid array of typefaces which were available to the book printer prior to the onset of...