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6 Oak Knoll Press The Complete Illustrative Work of Thomas Bewick by Nigel Tattersfield Thomas Bewick can be called one of the best English enthusiasts of wood engraving. Born in 1753, he grew up on a small farm, where his chores came second to his interest in the countryside, fishing, and watching birds and animals. These early passions set the stage for his future endeavors. His early work of cutting soft wood for woodcuts eventually turned into fine detailed designs into hard wood. Beginning in the late 1700s onwards, Thomas illustrated many children’s books with one of his most famous books, The History of British Birds. The book contained bird engravings and wood cuts and was an immediate success. Other major publications that helped solidify Bewick’s success include The Chillingham Bull, Waiting for Death, A General History of Quadrupeds, and The Fables of Aesop and Others. Bewick’s celebrated histories of quadrupeds and birds of 1790, 1797, and 1804 have obscured the immense number of other books of all denominations illustrated in his modest workshop. From its inception in 1765 until its demise in 1849, the workshop provided illustrations to books, pamphlets, periodicals, and newspapers. The range of illustrations encompassed natural histories, children’s storybooks, cookery books, religious tracts, spelling books, mathematical treatises, Bibles, agricultural manuals, local town and county histories, joke books, and even a book of sermons. Generously illustrated and arranged alphabetically, this book details some 750 titles, over 450 of which are unrecorded in earlier bibliographies. In addition it provides sections on newspaper mastheads, book cover designs, copy-book covers, maps, and large single prints. Whether appealing to the Bewick aficionado, book historian, art historian, provincial printing enthusiast, or admirer of engraving on wood or copper, this will be an indispensable work. Nigel Tattersfield is the author of Bookplates by Beilby and Bewick, published by Oak Knoll Press and The British Library and John Bewick: Engraver on Wood, published by Oak Knoll Press. 2010, hardcover, 7.5 x 11.75 inches, 3 volumes, 1564 pages ISBN 9781584562733, Order No. 102274, $265.00 Available outside North and South America from The British Library Available December 2010 800-996-2556 www.oakknoll.com oakknoll@oakknoll.com
Dermot McGuinne gained his primary degree and early experience as a graphic designer in the United States where he later held the position of Art Director at the University of Iowa Press before returning to Ireland. He was awarded his doctorate from Trinity College Dublin for work completed on the subject of the “Irish Character in Print” and is the author of various articles on the topic. He has been the head of the departments of Visual Communication and of Fine Arts at the Dublin Institute of Technology. 2010, hardcover, dust jacket, 7.5 x 9.5 inches, 236 pages ISBN 9780954379957, Order No. 104562, $55.00 paperback: ISBN 9780954379964, Order No. 104563, $35.00 Available outside North and South America from the National Print Museum, Dublin Oak Knoll Press 7 Irish type design A History of Printing Types in the Irish Character by Dermot McGuinne The designing of special type for printing Irish language texts began in the late sixteenth century and lasted into our own day, attracting the attention of many leading political and religious figures—Elizabeth I; Irish Franciscans in exile on the Continent; and at one point even Napoleon I— as well as scholars such as John O’Donovan, Eugene Curry, George Petri and John Henry Newman. More recently, internationally renowned designers Stanley Morison, Victor Hammer, and Eric Gill have made significant contributions to Irish type design. Irish typography came after the demise of the late Graceo- Roman uncials and semi-uncials, preceded by late Gothic, Roman, Italic, and Greek types. It was considered a ‘sacred’ script for the purpose of studying Scripture. Dermot McGuinne’s book is the most comprehensive published on this subject and has become a standard work of reference. It contains more than 150 illustrations of Irish types spanning over four centuries. McGuinne covers Irish types including Queen Elizabeth’s Irish type, the Rome Irish type, the Paris and Parker types, and others. Throughout eleven chapters, McGuinne provides a comprehensive account of every Irish font in its cultural, religious, and political context. This expanded second edition also includes a new foreword by Hendrik D.L. Vervliet and a new chapter on Louvain Irish type. 800-996-2556 www.oakknoll.com oakknoll@oakknoll.com
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