Fournier. A Specimen of Classic Old Face Designed by Pierre…

Fournier. A Specimen of Classic Old Face Designed by Pierre Simon Fournier (Fournier-le-jeune) Paris circa 1750 & now first revived by by LANSTON MONOTYPE. FOURNIER, Pierre Simon. < >
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With texts by Shaw, Virginia Woolf and William Hazlitt

~ Fournier. A Specimen of Classic Old Face Designed by Pierre Simon Fournier (Fournier-le-jeune) Paris circa 1750 & now first revived by

London Lanston Monotype 1927

Specimen booklet of Fournier typefaces and ornaments reproduced by the Lanston Monotype Corporation. Pp. 25 [3]. 130 x 205 mms. 8vo., original decorative paper boards, in original glassine jacket. Slight darkening and wear to edges of glassine, a very good copy.

Specimens designed, engraved and cast by French type founder Pierre Simon Fournier, here revived by Lanston Monotype. With a chapter of alphabet and decorative ornament specimens and texts by George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf and William Hazlitt.

Stock ref: 8146
Keywords: Book, Printing & Typography
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