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The Officina Bodoni : an account of the work of a hand press, 1923-1977: PB 64-2003

Object information

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Titles

The Officina Bodoni : an account of the work of a hand press, 1923-1977

Maker(s)

Author: Mardersteig, Giovanni
Publisher: Valdonega

Categories

Description

By Giovanni Mardersteig ; edited and translated by Hans Schmoller.

Lix, 285 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Verona

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1980

Note

"This limited edition of ninety-nine copies numbered 1-99, as well as twenty six copies designated A-Z and not for sale, is accompanied by a second volume containing ten original leaves from hand-printed books of the Officina Bodini. It forms part of an edition of fifteen hundred copies, of which the design, composition, reproductions, and printing on Sarego paper were carried out by the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona"--Colophon. "This volume, of which there are one hundred and twenty-five copies, numbered 1-99 or designed A-Z, is made up of spare sheets of books printed on the hand press of the Officina Bodini and preserved in its archives. The ten four-page leaves may differ in each copy. The preliminary pages were set and printed in Verona by the Stamperia Valdonega."--t.p. verso of second volume. Both volumes are copy Q. Both volumes quarter bound in leather with tan cloth sides over boards. In slipcase with matching tan cloth.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 64-2003
Primary reference Number: 94629
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 August 2012 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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