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A miscellany of type: PB 183-2003

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

A miscellany of type

Maker(s)

Publisher: Whittington Press

Categories

Description

Compiled at Whittington

[2] leaves, iv, [4], 125, [2] p : ill ; 37 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Andoversford ⪼ Gloucestershire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1990

Note

"This edition of 530 copies is printed at Whittington on Zerkall mould-made paper, in a variety of faces. 460 copies (30 of which are for presentation) are quarter bound in buckram and printed covers; 55 copies are quarter bound in Nigerian goatskin and printed covers, with a separate portfolio of broadsides of types and ornaments; and 15 copies are full bound with a separate portfolio by The Fine Bindery"--Colophon. Museum has "contributor's copy" [i.e. John Dreyfus] Quarter bound in brown buckram with patterned paper sides. Issued in slipcase. Some printing samples tipped in.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 183-2003
Primary reference Number: 95787
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 June 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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