Matrix 13 : a review for printers and bibliophiles
Publisher: Whittington Press
6], 234 p., [70] p. of plates : ill., ports., facsim., plates, ports., samples ; 29 cm.
Printed in an edition of 925 copies.
Some ill., photographs and samples are tipped in.
Incomplete Contents: A type for all seasons / Alan Dodson -- EĢpinal's Imagerie -- the pochoir image factory of France / Peter Allen -- The Vine Press, 1957-1963 / John Dreyfus -- The Caslon Type Foundry in 1902: selections from an album / James Mosley -- Memories of a Ditchling childhood / Susan Falkner -- John Johnson and the Treyford Type / Peter Foden -- The Merrymount Press, a centennial reassesment / Jerry Kelly -- A cancelled performance -- an abortive Golden Cockerel edition of Gordon Craig's preface to 'A production' -- Roderick Cave -- Paper makes money makes paper / Maureen Richardson -- Creating printer's flowers / David Bethel -- My justification / Nicholas Kis and Colin Banks -- Type, inking, impression / Phil Abel -- John Petts and the Caseg Press, 1937-1951 / Alison Smith -- Architecture and typography in Denmark / Alan Powers -- A printer's dilemma: introducing 'a printer's dozen' / Sebastian Carter -- A printer's dozen / Philip Gallo -- A stickful of nonpareil / George Scurfield -- Ceremonial papers of the Chinese, part two / Roderick Cave -- The Oxford University Press and Robert's Proctor's greek types / J.F. Coakley -- Richard Wood and the Talbot Press / Mark Arman -- James Guthrie, the Pear Tree Press and Edward Thomas / Richard Emeny -- The Bengali types of Vincent Figgins / Fiona Ross -- Private Press Books 1992: a review / David Chambers -- Book reviews / David Esslemont, John Randle -- A bibliography of the Vine Press / David Butcher.
Method of acquisition: Given (2016) by Stevenson, Robin Stevenson, Wendy
Production date: AD 1993
"The book was designed and the letterpress was printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge; it was set by The Stellar Press [Hatfield] ... the plates were selected and printed by Christopher Skelton at his Press at Wellingborough." --t.p. verso.
Privately printed - This number 70 of 230 copies.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: PB 47-2016
Primary reference Number: 208637
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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