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Stanley Morison

British type designer

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Born 1889
Died 1967

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  • Cover of: First principles of typography.

    First published in 1930 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: English prayer books: an introduction to the literature of Christian public worship.

    First published in 1943 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: John Bell, 1745-1831: bookseller, printer, publisher, typefounder, journalist & c.

    First published in 1930 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Four centuries of fine printing: two hundred and seventy-two examples of the work of presses established between 1465 and 1924, with an introduction.

    First published in 1924 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The typographic arts: two lectures

    First published in 1949 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: typographic book, 1450-1935: [a study of fine typography through five centuries.

    First published in 1963 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The art of the printer: 250 title and text pages selected from books composed in the Roman letter, printed from 1500 to 1900

    First published in 1925 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The art of printing

    First published in 1937 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: [Introduction to an English translation of Charles Enschedé's Fonderies de caractères et leur matériel dans les Pays-Bas du XVe au XIXe siècle].

    First published in 1923 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The roman, italic & black letter bequeathed to the University of Oxford by Dr. John Fell.

    First published in 1950 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The likeness of Thomas More: an iconographical survey of three centuries

    First published in 1963 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The typographic arts: two lectures

    First published in 1949 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: English prayer books: an introduction to the literature of Christian public worship

    First published in 1943 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Stanley Morison & D.B. Updike: selected correspondence

    First published in 1979 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Fra Luca de Pacioli of Borgo S. Sepolcro.

    First published in 1933 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1963 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Notes on the development of Latin script from early to modern times.

    First published in 1948 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Selected essays on the history of letter-forms in manuscript and print

    First published in 1980 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Splendour of ornament: specimens selected from the'Essempio di recammi', the first Italian manual of decoration, Venice 1524, by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente

    First published in 1968 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Letter forms, typographic and scriptorial: two essays on their classification, history, and bibliography.

    First published in 1968 — 3 editions
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Born 1889
Died 1967

Subjects

Printing, Type and type-founding, History, Specimens, Title pages, Penmanship, Biography, Alphabets, Imprints, Lettering, Oxford University Press, English newspapers, Italian Paleography, Liturgies, Printers, Scholarly publishing, Writing, Bibliography, Book design, Caractères d'imprimerie, Church of England, Facsimiles, Graphic design (Typography), Historiography, Paleography

Places

Great Britain, England, Italy, Cambridge, London, Oxford, Boston, Boston (Mass.), Cambridge (England), Europe, France, German-speaking Europe, Germany, London (England), Massachusetts, Oxford (England), United States, Venice, Venice (Italy)

People

John Fell (1625-1686), Edward Topham (1751-1820), Luca Pacioli (ca. 1445-1517), Stanley Morison (1889-1967), Thomas More Sir, Saint (1478-1535), Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941), Lucas Pacioli, Aldo Manuzio (1449 or 50-1515), Anton Janson, Antonio Blado (1490-1567), Aulus Gellius, B. L. Ullman (1882-1965), Charles Thomas Jacobi (1853-1933,), Charles Whittingham (1795-1876), Claude Garamond (-1561), Damasus I Pope (305-384), Dawks family, Edward Topham, Francesco Colonna (d. 1527), Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, Giovanni Battista Verini, Ichabod Dawks, Ichabod Dawks (1661-1730), Ichabod, 1661-1731 Dawks, John Bell (1745-1831)

Time

20th century, 17th century, 19th century, 18th century, 16th century

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Alternative names

  • Morison, Stanley
  • Morison Stanley
  • MORISON,Stanley
  • Stanley 1889-1967 Morison
  • Stanley MORISON
  • Stanley Arthur Morison

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August 10, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Add brief bio and full name from Wikidata
August 10, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import