A brief history of the ampersand ; et & ampersands : une recolte internationale = a contemporary collection / translated from the German by Jean-Marie Clarke ; postface by Marc H. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974, author.

Contributor:

Clarke, Jean-Marie, translator.

Smith, Marc H., writer of postface.

Velvetyne Type Foundry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ampersand--History.

Ampersand.

Ampersand--Specimens.

Type and type-founding--History.

Type and type-founding.

History.

Genre:

Specimens.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Et & ampersands

Et and ampersands

Place of Publication:

Paris : -zeug, 2018.

Contents:

[Volume 1]. A brief history of the Ampersand / Jan Tschichold

[Volume 2]. Et & ampersands.

Notes:

Volume 1 is a translation of Tschichold's A brief history of the ampersand.

"Printed in France by Moutot, Montrouge, June 2018. The second edition of 1,000 copies of this new English translation was published by -zeug" -- volume 1 colophon.

Volume 2 is a collection of 288 ampersands "produced on 6th and 7th May 2017, during Saint-Jean Porte Lantine weekend. Most of these glyphs were collected through and international call for entries, while the other part was designed during the type design workshop, held in Paris on that occasion and directed by VTF at La Générale" -- volume 2 last page.

"Printed in France by Moutot (Montrouge), April 2018 .... 700 copies published by -zeug (2nd edition)" -- volume 2 colophon.

ISBN:

9791095902065

9791095902072

9791095902096

OCLC:

1054295019

Publisher Number:

99977842721