Irene Tichenor
David R. Godine, Boston, 2005, English
Nonfiction, Graphic Design; Nonfiction, Art and Cultural History
9 x 6 inches, hardcover, 336 pages
ISBN: 9781567922868
Suggested Retail Price: $35.00

From the Publisher. This full-scale biography of Theodore Low De Vinne (1828–1914) explores the life of a seminal figure in the history of American printing. De Vinne was born in upstate New York, the son of an itinerant Methodist preacher. It is unclear what propelled him into the world of printing, but once he discovered it, he never let it go. He was, for years, the primary and preferred printer for the Century Company, printing its distinguished list of books and such national magazines as St. Nicholas and The Century. His masterly printing of wood engravings, together with his obsession with presswork, tight composition, and typefaces, gained him and his firm an international reputation and made De Vinne a rich man.

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