Typographic Research and Bibliography

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Published: 1967-04-01

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G. Thomas Tanselle

Abstract

The relationships between typographic research and bibliography can be surveyed by looking at four principal ca tegories of material: ( l ) histories of typefounding and of type designs-such as Rollo Silver's T ypefounding in America, 1787-1825( 1965) and Carter and Vervliet's Civilite T ypes ( 1966 ) ; ( 2) histories of printing and of publishing-such as D . F. McKenzie's The Cambridge University Press 1696-1712 ( 1966); ( 3) descriptive bibliographies- also represented by McKenzie's work; and ( 4) works of bibliographical analysis- such as Robert Turner's articles on the bibliographical uses of type-damage evidence. These few recent examples of the uses of typographic resea rch in bibliography can serve to illustrate the ultimate interdependence of all studies of printed letter-forms.

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (1967): Volume 1.2

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Research Article

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G. Thomas Tanselle

G. Thomas Tanselle is associate professor of English in the University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis. 53 706). Dr. Tanselle's articles appear frequently in bibliographical journals, and he has recently been concerned with the identification of type and the use of type-damage evidence in descriptive bibliographies. His Royall Tyler, a critical study, was published by Harvard University Press in February; and he is currently bibliographical editor of the fifteen-volume Writings of Herman Melville, to be published by The Newberry Library and Northwestern University Press.

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