Name: Meggs' History of Graphic Design
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Author: Philip B. Meggs & Alston W. Purvis

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In the book's latest edition, this longtime standard in scholarship surveys 950 years of exquisite artistry and cultural achievement in design.  Alston Purvis and a new editorial team bring fresh insight and extensive coverage of Italian, Russian, Dutch, and other European design schools. 

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Meggs' History of Graphic Design

Philip B. Meggs

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