1928 Jan Tschichold – Die neue Typographie

Jan Tschichold – Die neue Typographie: Ein Handbuch für zeitgemäss Schaffende [The New Typography]. Berlin: Verlag des Bildungsverbandes der Deutschen Buchdrucker, 1928.8vo, 240[1] pp Original publisher’s black cloth, title printed in black to front (as issued, without dust jacket). A landmark first edition of modernist typography, richly illustrated throughout with examples of avant-garde design, including work by El Lissitzky, Theo van Doesburg and Ladislav Sutnar. Tschichold’s influential manifesto codified the principles of the “New Typography,” advocating asymmetry, sans-serif type, and functional design, and became one of the foundational texts of 20th-century graphic design. Condition: Moderate wear to binding, with rubbing at spine ends and corners; much of silver on spine worn away. Interior clean with strong binding. A solid, complete copy. Inv. Vyk1