STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN: Alphabets with Random Quotations.
Ruzicka, Rudolf (1883-1978)
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From Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 6, 1997
About this Item
Hardcover first edition - First printing. Ten large loose plates, printed in two colors, each with the English alphabet in a different font and with quotes from famous literary figures set in that font, and housed in a numbered captioned folder. Quotes are by Robert Frost, Paul Valery, Herman Melville, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 'An inscription found in a guestbook of an inn in Chamonix, France,' William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Walt Whitman, Sir Thomas Browne, and Henry David Thoreau; and The plates are preceded by 4 pages with a title and copyright page, a brief introduction, and table of contents. The typefaces and design were by Rudolph Ruzicka, a wood engraver, etcher, illustrator, typeface designer, and book designer. All of the folders, along with an introductory 4 pp title folder (1 sheet folded) are housed in a gray linen-covered portfolio in a matching slipcase, 11 1/2 inches wide by 14 1/2 tall. A lovely production, with the individual plates suitable for framing. Printed at the The Meriden Gravure Company. Fine in a fine slipcase. Seller Inventory # 88034
Bibliographic Details
Title: STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN: Alphabets with ...
Publisher: Hanover, New Hampshire: Friends of the Dartmouth Library, 1968.
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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