Design & printing of ephemera in Britain & America, 1720-1920
By: Graham Hudson.
Publisher: British Library; Oak Knoll Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New Castle, DE
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781584562245
Subjects: Printed ephemera -- Great Britain; Printed ephemera -- United States; Printing -- Great Britain -- History; Printing -- United States -- History
Other titles: Design and printing of ephemera in Britain and America, 1720-1920
Description: "Ephemera has been collected for many years but only comparatively recently has it been widely accepted as material for academic study This book is new in that it discusses ephemera as an aspect of design history, showing how function, process and period have effected the changing appearance of billheads, trade cards, flyers, playbills and other ephemera." "Ideas travelled in both directions across the Atlantic. American founders devised wholly original new typefaces and these were imported into Britain; yet the development of expertise in designing with these new faces depended on printers learning from one another, and the first scheme of specimen exchange that successfully achieved this was wholly devised and administered from London." "Richly illustrated with letterforms, engravings, drawings and the reproduction of over 250 items of ephemera, this is a book for collectors, students, design historians and all those with an interest in the visual arts."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The wooden press; title: The iron press; title: The rise of lithography; title: Advancing technology; title: Colour and special processes; title: Artistic printing; title: The Leicester free style; title: Process engraving and commercial art.