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CONTENTS

FOREWORD p. VII

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION IX

EDITOR'S NOTE XI

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION XIII

INTRODUCTION XVII

ABBREVIATIONS XXVII

CHAPTER I : THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY I

CHAPTER II : THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 33

CHAPTER III : THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 63

CHAPTER IV : THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 19I

APPENDIX: STANLEY MORISON's DRAFT FOR AN INTRODUCTION 419

BIBLIOGRAPHY 431

LIST OF TYPE-SPECIMENS 437

TABLE OF BODY-SIZES 455

TABLE OF TYPEFACES 457

INDEX 47°

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA 477