Friedrich Friedl; Nicolaus Ott; Bernard Stein — Typography, Typographie, Typographie

Koln, Konemann, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this study of typography, with text in English, German, and French. Text in English, German, and French throughout. Illustrated with over two thousand in-text images, many of which are in colour. A comprehensive survey of the entire alphabetic culture, chronicling in detail the story of two typographic style and mode from the present day to the origins. Presenting over seven hundred typographers, type designers, calligraphers, designers, and artists, as well as schools, institutions, teachers, and theorists. Edited by Friedrich Friedl, a German designer and typographer who became a member of the German Design Council in 1997, and Nicolaus Ott and Bernard Stein, German designers who work collaboratively in their Berlin studio producing designs for architects, artists, publishers, and exhibition planners. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear and the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.