Theodore Low De Vinne
Theodore Low De Vinne | |
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typographer | |
Employer | De Vinne Press |
Organization | Grolier Club |
Parent(s) | Daniel De Vinné[1] and Joanna Augusta Low[2] |
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Theodore Low De Vinne (December 25, 1828 – February 16, 1914) was an American printer and scholarly author on typography. Considered "the leading commercial printer of his day,"[3] De Vinne did much for the improvement of American printing and typography. [4]
Life and career
De Vinne was born at
While still a partner of Hart's, De Vinne managed to steer the business from job printing to the more lucrative and prestigious book and periodical trade, mostly thanks to his excellence in printing
In 1886, with his business greatly expanded and seeking to increase its printing capacity, he moved the company to the
De Vinne either commissioned
In 1865 De Vinne was a co-founder of the Typothetae, a trade organization of master printers, which was a predecessor of the Printing Industries of America.[20] He was also one of nine men who founded the Grolier Club in 1884,[21] and he was printer to the Club for the first two decades of its existence and designed and printed most of its publications during his lifetime.[22]
Works
De Vinne started his writing career at the age of thirty, as soon as he had become a partner in Hart's printing office.[23] A prolific author in the periodical printing trade press, he also wrote a number of books on the history and practice of printing. His books include:
- The printers' Price List (1871),[24] an item-by-item list of pricing recommendations for job and book printing based on systematic cost accounting, designed to counteract the practice of underbidding among fellow printers.[25]
- The Invention of Printing (1876),Laurens Coster to be inventor of printing with movable type, and awarding the honor to Gutenberg
- Historic Printing Types (1886)[27]
- Plain Printing Types (1900)[28] (The Practice of Typography, vol. 1)
- Correct Composition (1901)[29] (The Practice of Typography, vol. 2), a leading style guide for compositors, proofreaders and authors.[30]
- A Treatise on Title-Pages (1902)[31] (The Practice of Typography, vol. 3), a revision of his earlier Title Pages as seen by a Printer,[32] published by the Grolier Club in 1901.[33]
- Modern Methods of Book Composition (1904)[34] (The Practice of Typography, vol. 4)
- Notable Printers of Italy during the Fifteenth Century (1910)[35]
See also
References
- ^ Tichenor 2005, p. 5.
- ^ a b Tichenor 2005, p. 7.
- ^ Metcalf 1996, p. 24.
- ^ Koenig, M. “De Vinne and the De Vinne Press.” The Library Quarterly 41 (1971): 1–24.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, pp. 13–20.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, pp. 55–67.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, p. 32.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, pp. 36–38.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, pp. 106–112.
- ^ John, Arthur (1981). The best years of the Century : Richard Watson Gilder, Scribner's monthly, and the Century Magazine, 1870–1909. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. pp. 130–132. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Metcalf 1996, pp. 18–27.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, pp. 90–92.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, p. 101.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, pp. 71–81.
- ^ Gray, Christopher (April 13, 2003). "Streetscapes/De Vinne Press Building, Fourth and Lafayette Streets; An Understated Masterpiece That Earns Its Keep". The New York Times. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, pp. 106–109.
- ISBN 0938768344
- ^ Tichenor 2005, pp. 125–126.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, pp. 24–26.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, pp. 68–70.
- ^ "The De Vinne Centennial". American Printing History Association. February 16, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, p. 23.
- .
- ^ Tichenor 2005, pp. 23–26.
- ^ De Vinne, Theodore Low (1876). The Invention of Printing: A Collection of Facts and Opinions. New York: F. Hart & Co. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ De Vinne, Theodore Low (1886). Historic Printing Types. New York: De Vinne Press.
- ^ De Vinne, Theodore Low (1900). Plain Printing Types. The Practice of Typography. New York: The Century Co.
- ^ De Vinne, Theodore Low (1901). Correct Composition. The Practice of Typography. New York: The Century Co.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, p. 138.
- ^ De Vinne, Theodore Low (1902). A Treatise on Title-Pages. The Practice of Typography. New York: The Century Co.
- ^ De Vinne, Theodore Low (1901). Title Pages As Seen By A Printer. New York: The Grolier Club. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ Tichenor 2005, p. 139.
- ^ De Vinne, Theodore Low (1904). Modern Methods of Book Composition. The Practice of Typography. New York: The Century Co.
- ^ De Vinne, Theodore Low (1910). Notable printers of Italy during the fifteenth century. New York: The Grolier Club.
Sources
- Metcalf, Allan (1996). "Typography". Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America. 17 (1): 17–28. ISSN 2160-5076. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- Tichenor, Irene (2005). No Art Without Craft: The Life of Theodore Low De Vinne, Printer. Boston: David R. Godine. ISBN 978-1-56792-286-8.