Content:
Memories of Another Time. With ornaments by PAUL VERA HENRI DE RÉGNIER (of the French Academy)
MAURICE HEINE. Bernard Naudin, Book Artist
PHILIP CARR. Typography in England
DANIEL JACOMET. Phototypography
JACQUES MÉGRET. Jean de Tournes
MAXIMILIEN VOX. Posters and Politics
R. HERON DE VILLEFOSSE. Signs and Advertisements of Yesteryear (A Glimpse of the Exhibition at the National Library, May 12, 1928)
HENRY MARGUERY. Painted Signs (Same Exhibition)
Plates:
“The Crucifixion,” etching by BERNARD NAUDIN reproduced in heliogravure
Title page of the Curven Press specimen
Alphabet of the “Vesta” typeface, page from the same specimen
A watercolor by UTRILLO reproduced in facsimile by D. JACOMET
A page from BARBEY D’AUREVILLY’s “Disjecta Membra” reproduced in facsimile by D. JACOMET
A 15th-century woodcut reproduced in facsimile by D. JACOMET
Advertisement by Dissey and Piver (Early 19th century)
Poster for “Bonne bière de Mars” (Maison Pellerin, Epinal)
Page from “Lampes à Arc” by PAUL MORAND (Edit. R. KIEFFER)
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