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    Shakspere & Typography
    Shakspere & Typography
    Shakspere & Typography
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    Shakspere & Typography

    By William Blades

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    Shakspeare and Typography is a credit to Shakspeare's unique and rare skill with the art of typography. It includes theories as to how he developed these skills as well as proof of his abilities. Excerpt: "The First Chapter of this Tractate is designed to show, in a succinct manner, the numerous and contradictory theories concerning Shakspere's special knowledge, the evidence for which has been created by 'selecting' certain words and phrases from the mass of his writings. The Second and Third Chapters, erected on a similar basis of 'selection', are intended to prove that Shakspere had an intimate and special knowledge of Typography."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 10, 2019
    ISBN4064066219291
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