The New Hebrew Typography

by Hugh J. Schonfield

$250 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

London: Denis Archer, 1932 . Hardcover. 4to. 51pp. White half cloth over black cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece photograph of a fifteenth century printed text. Proposal for a new Hebrew typography for the use of printing similar to the Cyrillic alphabet. Unlike most alphabets, Hebrew has remained relatively unaffected by the rise of print with its typography closely imitating that of manuscripts. Although Hugh Schonfield's proposal

  • Binding: Hardcover

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