Fridolf Johnson Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Collection of 761 miniature works of art representing 500 years of the bookplate from the first known example -- ca. 1450 -- to a wide range of fascinating 20th-century designs. Introduction.

Rockwell Kent was generally considered the most important American book illustrator of the 1920s and 30s, gracing such works as Candide, Moby Dick, and The Canterbury Tales. This retrospective brings together his finest work for the first time, gathering pen-and-ink pieces and woodcuts from not only important novels, but magazines and advertisements. Introduction by Fridolf Johnson.

One hundred pages of beautiful tailpieces, decorative letters, elaborate floral borders and frames, samples of body type, and other illustrations contain all 87 Burne-Jones woodcuts and every Morris border and decoration. Introduction by Fridolf Johnson. A magnificent capsulation of fine printing beauty for browsing or for use by commercial artists.