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Whittington Press, 1982. (The original 1982 edition, not the reprint.)
Printed in an edition of 450 copies of which this is number 49 (written in pen - see images). Minor marks on cover and spine as shown.
Matrix 2 was originally printed in 1982 in a small run. 1982 was the centenary of the birth of Eric Gill and this number was primarily dedicated to his work as an engraver and typographer.
Contributions byJohn R Biggs, James Mosley, Christopher Sandford, John Randle, Dame Hildelith Cumming, Paul Collet, Gent Tao and Liang Dong, Li Hua, Glenn Storhaug, Tom Craig, Colin Cohen, Christopher Skelton, Brocard Sewell, Michael Taylor, David Butcher, Geoffrey Osborne and Ian Mortimer.
Matrix developed out of an idea to issue a collection of papers on printing and typography. The essays appearing in the first volume were selected by John Randle, and being too short to be issued individually, were compiled into a single volume. The title 'Matrix' was selected both because it names the mould in which a type sort is cast, and because the Caslon swash M was a particular favourite of Randle’s. Contributors to 'Matrix' include Sebastian Carter, Roderick Cave, John Dreyfus, Christopher Sanford, Christopher Skelton, and nearly every other contemporary authority on printing. The papers and specimens included cover the gamut, as comprehensively as any single review could, of typography, the revival of wood engraving, and just about every other subject pertaining to private printing.
Good condition as shown (see images above).
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Whittington Press, 1982. (The original 1982 edition, not the reprint.)
Printed in an edition of 450 copies of which this is number 49 (written in pen - see images). Minor marks on cover and spine as shown.
Matrix 2 was originally printed in 1982 in a small run. 1982 was the centenary of the birth of Eric Gill and this number was primarily dedicated to his work as an engraver and typographer.
Contributions byJohn R Biggs, James Mosley, Christopher Sandford, John Randle, Dame Hildelith Cumming, Paul Collet, Gent Tao and Liang Dong, Li Hua, Glenn Storhaug, Tom Craig, Colin Cohen, Christopher Skelton, Brocard Sewell, Michael Taylor, David Butcher, Geoffrey Osborne and Ian Mortimer.
Matrix developed out of an idea to issue a collection of papers on printing and typography. The essays appearing in the first volume were selected by John Randle, and being too short to be issued individually, were compiled into a single volume. The title 'Matrix' was selected both because it names the mould in which a type sort is cast, and because the Caslon swash M was a particular favourite of Randle’s. Contributors to 'Matrix' include Sebastian Carter, Roderick Cave, John Dreyfus, Christopher Sanford, Christopher Skelton, and nearly every other contemporary authority on printing. The papers and specimens included cover the gamut, as comprehensively as any single review could, of typography, the revival of wood engraving, and just about every other subject pertaining to private printing.
Good condition as shown (see images above).