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The fine art of letters : the work of Hermann Zapf, exhibited at the Grolier Club, New York, 2000: PB 281-2004

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The fine art of letters : the work of Hermann Zapf, exhibited at the Grolier Club, New York, 2000

Maker(s)

Zapf, Hermann
Designer: Kelly, Jerry
Publisher: Grolier Club, The

Categories

Description

Autobiographical sketch on p. 9-16.
"Typeset in Zapf Renaissance Roman and Zapfino Script. 1,050 copies printed on Mohawk Superfine paper by Finlay Printing, of which 20 are hand bound by Judi Conant, Vermont and include twenty original specimens from publications 1949-1984. Designed by Jerry Kelly, New York in collaboration with Hermann Zapf, Darmstadt."--Colophon.

94 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 2000

Note

Fifty copies printed for the compiler at the University Press, Cambridge, May 1949"--Colophon. Binding: in plain white card with blue paper wrapper; paper label on front cover.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 281-2004
Primary reference Number: 199940
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Audit data

Created: Friday 21 November 2014 Updated: Friday 28 August 2015 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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