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Más imágenesModern fine printing : an exhibit of printing issued in England, the United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Czecho-Slovakia, Holland and Sweden during the twentieth century and with few exceptions since the outbreak of the war. [With ephemera]. First edition.
Morison, Stanley (Author); Walter Lewis (Printer); Ernest Benn Ltd (Publisher),Cambridge University Press (Printer), Straker & Son (Bookbinding firm); (Binder), Smith Brothers (Bookbinding firm) (Binder)
Editorial: London,: Ernest Benn, Limited, 1925 1925
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Condición: Good. Large folio. 34 x 46.5cm. Original linen and cloth with some stains and new spine. One of 1015 numbered copies. Two prospectuses loosely inserted: Original Advertisement for the book, folio size and smaller one for the Second series. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:780566.lxiv, 152 unnumbered pages : facsimiles…."The facsimiles in this volume . are confined to printed pages, taken from books to which a reasonable amount of care and discrimination has been devoted. The purpose of the selection is to exhibit current tendencies in typography and the allied crafts; to this end reproductions have been limited to specimens from books published during the last decade."--Page xi"Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge"-- Colophon."The edition of this work consists of 1015 numbered copies for all countries, of which 1000 copies constitute the ordinary edition and 15 copies the édition de luxe. The édition de luxe is numbered I-XV. Of the ordinary edition 650 copies have been printed in the English language and these are numbered 1-650; 200 copies in the French language which are numbered 'Edition française 1-200'; and 150 copies in the German language numbered 'Deutsche Ausgabe 1-150'. The text of the English and German editions is composed in the roman type made by Francesco Griffo for Aldus Manutius originally used in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and now reproduced by the Lanston Monotype Corporation, London [i.e. Morison's Poliphilus type], and is printed at the University Press, Cambridge, England. The text of the French is composed in 'Imprint' type, and is printed at the Pelican Press, London. The collotypes are by Messrs Jacomet, Paris. The paper for the édition de luxe was supplied by Van Gelder Zonen, Amsterdam; that for the ordinary edition by Messrs Lafuma, Paris, and Messrs Spalding & Hodge, London. The binding of the ordinary editions is by Messrs Straker & Son, Smith Brothers, London."--Page opposite title page;Includes index.
