The trained printer and the amateur, and the pleasure of small books
Author:
Pollard, Alfred W.
Typographer:
Rogers, Bruce
Typographer:
Warde, Frederic
Publisher:
Lanston Monotype Corporation
By Alfred W. Pollard
"First piece of printing in my Centaur type"--Bruce Rogers in "Printer's note.".
"Specimens of Centaur Roman and of Arrighi Italic": 4 p. at end.
Cover title: New series of the Centaur types of Bruce Rogers and the Arrighi italics of Frederic Warde. Cut by Monotype and here first used to print a paper by Alfred W. Pollard.
14, [4] p ; 29 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John
Production date: AD 1929
Issued in paper covers and, in addition, bound in red cloth over boards, gold stamped with emblem bearing the words "Centaur & Arrighi".
Support composed of paper
Accession number: PB 412-2003
Primary reference Number: 98363
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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