Published by Demy 4to, pp.xiii[1],264 + inserts & mounted insets, At the university Press, Cambridge, 1928., 1928
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. One of 1150 (1310) standard copies printed in Barbou type on Abbey Mills paper. 8pp insets of Lutetia italic, Stempel Baskerville, New Hellinic, a 12pp specimen of Weiss roman, and a 16pp specimen of Monotype Pastonchi. The are also broadsides of Lutetia, Weiss, Baskerville and Naudin bound in. Many illustrations in the text, inserted plates include work of Rudolf Koch and various inscriptions. Turquoise cloth, gilt on spine. Lacking dust-jacket, endpapers dusty. A very good copy. Principal contents: The Work of Rudolf Koch, by Albert Windisch; Geofroy Tory, by A.F. Johnson; On Decorative Printing in America, by Paul Beaujon; Decorated Types, by Stanley Morison; Bernard Naudin, Illustrator, by Luc Benoist; Address by Citizen Sobry on the types of Gille, edited by Daniel berkeley Updike.