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The Liberty Bell on the Kelmscott Goudy Press: PB 14-2004

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Titles

The Liberty Bell on the Kelmscott Goudy Press

Maker(s)

Author: Lieberman, J. Ben
Contributor: Walsdorf, Jack
Contributor: Lieberman, Jethro K.
Publisher: Yellow Barn Press
Illustrator: DePol, John
Binder (person): Campbell-Logan Bindery

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Description

By J. Ben Lieberman, with an introduction by Jack Walsdorf and an afterword by Jethro K. Lieberman ; and the story of the John DePol wood engraving of this famous press.

22, [1] p ; ‚c 26 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Council Bluffs

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1996

Note

"... It has been set by M&H Type in Frederic Goudy's 14 point Californian. The headers are in Goudy's Mediaeval cast by Theo Rehak as were the initials. The paper is Rives, a mold-made sheet from France. The book was bound at the Campbell-Logan Bindery in John Depol's pattern paper ... There are 215 copies in the edition."--Colophon. Museum has no. 32. Inscription from Depol to John Dreyfus dated 16th Nov. 1996 on front pastedown. Quarter bound in blue cloth with blue patterned paper sides; paper label on spine.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 14-2004
Primary reference Number: 99048
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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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