William Bulmer and the Shakspeare Press
Subtitle: a biography of William Bulmer
By: from A dictionary of printers and printing, London, 1839.  With an introductory note on the Bulmer-Martin types, by Laurance B. Siegfried... Original wood engravings by John DePol.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1957
Place of publication: [Syracuse, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Bulmer, William, -- 1757-1830; Shakspeare Press, London
Description: "An English printer and typographer, William Bulmer produced in his establishment, the Shakspeare Press, a number of fine examples of engraving and printing. So beautiful were his publications that they earned the enthusiastic admiration of even King George III. In this commemorative volume, issued in celebration of the 200th anniversary of William Bulmer's birth, Laurance Siegfried, himself a widely known figure in contemporary typography, evaluates the contributions of Bulmer and his associate, William Martin, to type design"--Book jacket.
Notes: "Published ... in observance of the bicentennial of the birth of William Bulmer, 1757-1957."