ANTIQ.# 4364: First edition of the very authoritative study of the history of changing type forms over the last 500 years.
From the authors introduction: "This atlas is an attempt to show by illustration, rather than by explaining in words, the main changes in type forms over 500 years of printing. We have enlarged many of the most important types in the history of printing so that their shapes can be seen clearly and compared. We also show, either actual size or only slightly reduced, an original use of the type, which further demonstrates its qualities; then follow enlarged letters and full alphabets of currently available types derived from or in the manner of the same historical original."