Author: KELLY, JERRY
Title: The noblest roman : a history of the Centaur types of Bruce Rogers
Description: Boston Chicago : David R. Godine Publisher ; in association with Sherwin Beach Press 2016. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. by Jerry Kelly & Misha Beletsky. Physical description; 120 pages : illustrations (some color). facsimiles. Summary; The story behind the type. the many permutations through which it went. the myths that accrued and surrounded it are all exposed in this fully documented account of the type's genesis and development.Often and justly called 'the noblest roman of them all.' the book has been designed and set in a digital version especially created by Jerry Kelly who. along with co-author Misha Beletsky. have unearthed. mined. and refined a trove of typographic history to create the definitive history of what many consider the most beautiful typeface created by an American in the last century.portrait ; 26 cm. Subjects; Rogers. Bruce 1870-1957. Type and type-founding — United States — History — 20th century. Centaur roman type — History. Roman type — United States. Type designers — United States. ISBN: 1567925820. Weight in Kg appr.:

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