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Typographic heritage : selected essays: PB 32-2004

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Typographic heritage : selected essays

Maker(s)

Author: Wroth, Lawrence C.
Publisher: Typophiles
Designer: Anthoensen, Fred
Printer: Anthoensen Press
Binder (person): Marchi, John

Categories

Description

By Lawrence C. Wroth

Typophile chap books ; 20

Contents: Printing and the rise of modern culture in the fifteenth century -- British influence upon American printing -- Corpus typographicum -- Benjamin Franklin, the printer at work -- The first work with American types -- A note on this book and its author

Viii, 162, [3] p : facsims ; 19 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1949

Note

"... designed by Fred Anthoensen, set in Linotype Monticello, printed by The Anthoensen Press, and bound by John Marchi. Of the 625 copies printed, 375 are for subscribers and contributors, and 250 for sale"--Colophon. Quarter bound in red cloth with yellow patterned paper sides.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 32-2004
Primary reference Number: 108034
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 23 September 2014 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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