10 unnumbered pages, 85 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 42 samples ; 39 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Issued in a slipcase.
Contents:
Part one. Introduction (The art of hamdmade paper. The manufacture and sale of handmade paper. Fine printing in a consumer society. John Johnson's typographical adventure. Rising prices and falling profits. Origins and specifications of the Oxford papers) -- Part two. The papers.
Subject Terms:
Oxford University Press. | Johnson, John de Monins, 1882-1956. | Paper, Handmade -- Europe. | Fine books -- England -- Oxford. | Papermakers -- Europe. | Papermaking -- Great Britain. | Paper -- Sample books. | Johnson, John de Monins, 1882-1956. | Oxford University Press. | Papier. | Oxford University Press. | Fine books. | Paper, Handmade. | Papermakers. | England -- Oxford. | Europe. | Papermaking. | Papermaking -- History.
Form/Genre:
Sample papers (fibre products -- England -- 20th century. | Cloth half bindings -- England -- 1999. | Mould-made papers -- Fabriano Roma -- England -- 1999. | Mould-made papers -- Zerkall -- England -- 1999. | Numbered limited editions -- England -- 1999. | Roman (upright typeface group) -- Centaur -- England -- 1999. | Slipcases -- England -- 1999. | Type sizes -- 14 point -- England -- 1999. | Private press books -- England -- 1999. | Case bindings (Binding) | Slipcases (Binding) | Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Centaur. | Sample books. | Handmade papers (Paper) -- 20th century.