Oscar Jennings traces the decorated capital letter from the block-books and the Mainz Psalter through the printing houses of Augsburg, Ulm, Nuremberg, Basle, Venice, Lyons and Paris. He follows printers and woodcutters, notes which initials passed from shop to shop, and shows how such letters can help date and identify early books. Over thirteen hundred examples are reproduced.
A rich resource for lovers of typography, early printing and book design. Download the free EPUB.