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Typographer : dedicated to the memory of Frederic W. Goudy, 1865-1947: PB 262-2004

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Typographer : dedicated to the memory of Frederic W. Goudy, 1865-1947

Maker(s)

Author: Vanable, David F.
Publisher: Rochester Institute of Technology

Categories

Description

52 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Issued as v. 20, no. 1 (Spring 1960) of Typographer.
Contents: The Village Press lives again / Frederic W. Goudy -- The designer ; Poet laureate ; The Goudy method ; The Friar type / Howard W. Coggeshall -- Typographically speaking / Frank A. Warren.
"The text is set in 12 point Monotype Californian, leaded 2 points. Stock for the inside and cover is Hamilton's Victorian Laid. Inside signatures were run on the Miller 21 x 28 two-color letterpress. The cover was run on the Heidelberg Platen ..."--Colophon.

Place(s) associated

  • Rochester

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1960

Note

"300 copies of this book have been printed by Vance Grey at the Weatherbird Press in Fallbrook, Califronia 1977. This is copy number 8."

"Published for the Rounce & Coffin Club, Los Angeles by Dawson's Book Shop ... "--t.p. verso

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 262-2004
Primary reference Number: 199842
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 30 September 2014 Updated: Tuesday 30 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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