THE IDEAL BOOK OR BOOK BEAUTIFUL: A TRACT ON CALLIGRAPHY, PRINTING, AND ILLUSTRATION AND ON THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL AS A WHOLE, by James Cobden-Sanderson

Arif Press, 18981, First edition thus of 150 signed copies, 29 pp., 4 1/2" X 7 1/2", Hardcover

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Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson (1840-1922) was one of the luminaries of the Arts and Crafts movement in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful: A Tract on Calligraphy, Printing and Illustration & on the Book Beautiful as a Whole, Cobden-Sanderson applies core aesthetic tenets of the Arts and Crafts movement to the printed book and argues that the beauty of a book arises from its various components—literary content, writing, printing, illustrations, and binding—and their collective interaction.

This is one of 150 copies designed, hand-set & printed by Wesley B. Tanner at the Arif Press between April 14, 1981 and May 7, 1982.

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