Das Raumverhältniss der Buchstaben. Vorgelesen in der philosophisch-historischen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften am 12. April 1848 ....

Wien: Akademie der Wissenschaft, 1848. OFFPRINT.. Contemporary dark green, gilt stamped morocco; silk moire endpapers; a.e.g. A presentation binding.. Fine.. Large 4to, [2], 62 pp. (with one full page plate, printed in gold, included in the pagination as #8). A large paper copy? It measures 365 x 270 mm.

An erudite and mind numbing study of French, English, and German typefaces by their sizes and "impact". Auer was Director of the k. k. Hof und Staatsdruckerei in Vienna during the mid-nineteenth century. It was Auer's contention that the spatial forms of the type size displayed on the page inherently affect the import of the text. He first introduced his "typometrical" system in the work offered here. It was the source for his best known book of 1853 on the "polygraphische Apparat" - expanded to include many more languages. An original and important work. The author is also known for his "nature printing" studies. Bigmore & Wyman, I, p. 23.