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Chapter 1: THE IDEAL BOOK OR BOOK BEAUTIFUL A TRACT ON CALLIGRAPHY PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATION & ON THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL AS A WHOLE
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The essay argues that a beautiful book arises from the harmonious integration of literary content, materials, calligraphy, printing, illustration, and binding, with each craft kept subordinate to the whole. It champions calligraphy as the living prototype for type, urging printers to study letter‑design and to work with scriptoria so typography retains a humane, fluent source. The author traces how decoration can overtake text, warns against excessive ornament, and emphasizes that typography must serve clarity and the author’s intent while allowing measured decorative and illustrative elements that relate directly to the page and subject.

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Title: The ideal book or book beautiful

A tract on calligraphy printing and illustration & on the book beautiful as a whole

Author: T. J. Cobden-Sanderson

Release date: December 5, 2023 [eBook #72320]

Language: English

Original publication: Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1900

Credits: Terry Jeffress and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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THE IDEAL BOOK OR BOOK BEAUTIFUL A TRACT ON CALLIGRAPHY PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATION & ON THE BOOK BEAUTIFUL AS A WHOLE

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