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The mannerist writing-book and Stanley Morison In honour of Johann Neudörffer

The mannerist writing-book and Stanley Morison In honour of Johann Neudörffer GERRIT NOORDZIJ The mannerist writing-book and Stanley Morison In honour of Johann Neudörffer MORISON'S BOOK This article assesses Stanley Morison, Early Italian writing-books, Renaissance to Baroque, edited by Nicolas Barker, Edizione Valdonega, Verona, The British Library, London, i ggo. That work is a specimen of critical bibliography, 'the science that identifies, separates and classifies details of the physical con- struction of surfaces and single sheets, tablets, books, and all other materials to which signs, alphabetical and otherwise, are applied' (Stanley Morison, 'The classification of typographical variations', in Letter Forms, typographic and scriptorial; Two essays on their classification, history and bibliography, edited by John Dreyfus, 1968). THE PROBLEM OF THE EDITOR On 14 January 1923 Morison wrote to Updike for the first time about his intention to deal with sixteenth-century Italian calligraphy. In the introduc- tion to the published book Nicolas Barker tells the story of the conception through seven decades which in 1963 has become his own story. In 10 pages he evokes all the classics of our book-shelves; from the stimulator Peter Jessen and the great obstructer Edward Johnston to Martino Mardersteig, the smart publisher and dedicated printer of the book. In the eight chapters establishing the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Quaerendo Brill

The mannerist writing-book and Stanley Morison In honour of Johann Neudörffer

Quaerendo , Volume 25 (1): 59 – Jan 1, 1995

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Brill
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© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0014-9527
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1570-0690
DOI
10.1163/157006995X00152
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GERRIT NOORDZIJ The mannerist writing-book and Stanley Morison In honour of Johann Neudörffer MORISON'S BOOK This article assesses Stanley Morison, Early Italian writing-books, Renaissance to Baroque, edited by Nicolas Barker, Edizione Valdonega, Verona, The British Library, London, i ggo. That work is a specimen of critical bibliography, 'the science that identifies, separates and classifies details of the physical con- struction of surfaces and single sheets, tablets, books, and all other materials to which signs, alphabetical and otherwise, are applied' (Stanley Morison, 'The classification of typographical variations', in Letter Forms, typographic and scriptorial; Two essays on their classification, history and bibliography, edited by John Dreyfus, 1968). THE PROBLEM OF THE EDITOR On 14 January 1923 Morison wrote to Updike for the first time about his intention to deal with sixteenth-century Italian calligraphy. In the introduc- tion to the published book Nicolas Barker tells the story of the conception through seven decades which in 1963 has become his own story. In 10 pages he evokes all the classics of our book-shelves; from the stimulator Peter Jessen and the great obstructer Edward Johnston to Martino Mardersteig, the smart publisher and dedicated printer of the book. In the eight chapters establishing the

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Published: Jan 1, 1995

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