The elements of lettering
Author:
Benson, John Howard
Author:
Carey, Arthur Graham
Printer:
Merrymount Press
Publisher:
John Stevens Shop
"Printed for John Stevens, Newport, Rhode Island, by D.B. Updike, the Merrymount Press, Boston, in the month of May, 1940"--Colophon.
Ordinary copies bound in brick red linen; rag paper copies bound in purplish red linen. Museum has ordinary copy.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125).
X, 125, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2004) by Dreyfus, John
Production date: AD 1940
Colophon: " ... Printed at the Officin Ludwig Oehms in Frankfurt am Main. American edition Museum Books, New York: 975 copies, autographed and numbered; plus 25 copies autographed and numbered i to xxv, each containing an original layout page of the present work. [signature of Hermann Zapf] This volume bears the number [in ms] 217." With dust-jacket.
Support composed of paper (fibre product) ( [3], 117, [1] leaves)
Accession number: PB 180-2004
Primary reference Number: 199949
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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