Typography Collection

Double page from the book "The Nature of Gothic" by John Ruskin, 1892. Creator: Morris, William (1834-1896)
Double page from the book "The Nature of Gothic" by John Ruskin, 1892. Private Collection

The Well at the World's End (Die Quelle am Ende der Welt) , 1896. Creator: Morris, William (1834-1896)
The Well at the World's End (Die Quelle am Ende der Welt) , 1896. Private Collection

Steam oil mill and paint factory of the Dovbory Partnership in the city of Omsk, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Steam oil mill and paint factory of the Dovbory Partnership in the city of Omsk, 1916. Posters were a popular form of art in the late tsarist and Soviet periods

Illuminated Frontispiece with an Artist Painting a River Scene for William T. Walters Draw... 1859 Creator: CMB
Illuminated Frontispiece with an Artist Painting a River Scene for William T. Walters Drawings Album "Original Sketches", 1859

Book cover design for: Nannie van Wehl, De Boschjes-Club, 1905, in or before 1905. Creator: Willem Wenckebach
Book cover design for: Nannie van Wehl, De Boschjes-Club, 1905, in or before 1905. A young woman in a hat leans against a tree and looks out over a hilly landscape

Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony, n.d. Creator: Johann Michael Püchler
Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony, n.d

Joseph I (August), Holy Roman Emperor, c. 1705. Creator: Johann Michael Püchler
Joseph I (August), Holy Roman Emperor, c. 1705

Joseph I (August), Holy Roman Emperor, c. 1705. Creator: Johann Michael Püchler
Joseph I (August), Holy Roman Emperor, c. 1705

Ecce Homo, n.d. Creator: Johann Michael Püchler
Ecce Homo, n.d

Man of Sorrows, n.d. Creator: Johann Michael Püchler
Man of Sorrows, n.d

Book cover design for Anthology of One Thousand and One Nights by Pieter Louwerse, 1910 or earlier. Caravan of camels in the desert. Dome and minarets can be seen in the distance

Songs of the Painters with Etchings, 1838. Creator: Rudolf von Normann
Songs of the Painters with Etchings, 1838

La Loïe Fuller, 1904. Creators: Pierre Roche, Roger Marx
La Loie Fuller, 1904

Crisantemes, 1899. Creator: Alexandre de Riquer
Crisantemes, 1899

Lettere di Giustificazione scritte a Milord Charlemont e a di lui Agenti di Roma, 1757. Letters of Justification written to Milord Charlemont and to Agents of Rome

Freggi Dell'Architettura, published 1645. Creator: Agostino Mitelli
Freggi Dell'Architettura, published 1645

Picturae Chalcographicae Historiam Veteris et Novi Testamenti, 1758. Creator: Philipp Andreas Kilian
Picturae Chalcographicae Historiam Veteris et Novi Testamenti, 1758

Christlicher Seelen-Schatz Ausserlesener Gebetter, 1729. Creator: Maria Joseph Clement Kaukol
Christlicher Seelen-Schatz Ausserlesener Gebetter, 1729

Templum Vaticanum Et Ipsius Origo Cum Aedificiis maximè conspicuis antiquitùs... published 1694
Templum Vaticanum Et Ipsius Origo Cum Aedificiis maxime conspicuis antiquitus, & recens ibidem constitutis; Editum Ab Equite Carolo Fontana Deputato celeberrimi ejusdem Templi Ministro

L'Assiette au Beurre, published 1902. Creator: Édouard Couturier
L'Assiette au Beurre, published 1902

Musica Futurista per Orchestra, 1912. Creators: Umberto Boccioni, Francesco Balilla Pratella
Musica Futurista per Orchestra, 1912. Futurist Music for Orchestra

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 2 (recto), 1563. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 2 (recto), 1563

French Renaissance typographic ornaments, (1898). Creator: Unknown
French Renaissance typographic ornaments, (1898). Fig 1: Initial from the time of Louis XII by [Geofroy] Tory. Fig 2: Initial from the time of Francois I by Tory

Divina proportione, June 1, 1509. Creator: Unknown
Divina proportione, June 1, 1509

Libro Subtilissimo por el qual se ensena a escrevir... 1564. Creator: Written by Juan de Yciar
Libro Subtilissimo por el qual se ensena a escrevir.... 1564

Cul-de-lampe to The Pierrot of the Minute, 1897. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cul-de-lampe to The Pierrot of the Minute, 1897. Illustration for a verse play by Ernest Dowson, published by Leonard Smithers. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

Title page of "Cicero's Orationes" with Printer's mark of Jodocus Badius, 1520. Private Collection

Prelum Ascensianum: printers device with the printing press at work, 1508. Private Collection

Desk, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Arthur Johnson
Desk, 1935/1942

L Atelier de composition typographique, ca. 1895. Creator: Maurice Delcourt
L Atelier de composition typographique, ca. 1895

Gutenberg prints the first page of the Bible. From: La ciencia y sus hombres, 1879. Private Collection

Johannes Gutenberg leaves Strasbourg. From: La ciencia y sus hombres, 1879. Private Collection

Antoine Vitre, typrographe du roi. Creator: Jean Morin
Antoine Vitre, typrographe du roi

Blackwork Print with the Alphabet, ca. 1620. Creator: Claes Jansz Visscher
Blackwork Print with the Alphabet, ca. 1620

Le Journal Pour Rire, Journal d Iimages, Journal Comique, Critique, Satirique et Moqueur, August 23, 1850, August 23, 1850

Trade Card for Richard Beatniffe, printer and bookseller, 1759-1818

Nueva Arte a Escrivir, 1615-31. 1615-31. Creator: Unknown
Nueva Arte a Escrivir, 1615-31

German Renaissance typographic ornaments, (1898). Creator: Unknown
German Renaissance typographic ornaments, (1898). Fig 1: Title-frame (1519) probably by Hieronymus Hopfer. Fig 2: Initial by A. Durer. Fig 3: Frieze (1539) by A. Aldengrever [Heinrich Aldegrever?]

A Real TB, 1824, (1945). Creator: Richard Dighton
A Real TB, 1824, (1945). A Real True Blue, (Tory Royalist). Caricature of British publisher, bookseller and printer John Bell (1745-1831)

Gutenberg at the Press, 1902. Creator: Pyle, Howard (1853-1911)
Gutenberg at the Press, 1902. Private Collection

O - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
O - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

N - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
N - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

M - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
M - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

L - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
L - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

K - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
K - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

F - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
F - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

Y - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
Y - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

Z - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz
Z - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz, c1520-1521, (1908). After designs by Durer. From " The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 12 - October 1907 to March 1908"

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