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Published by British Museum Publications for the British Library. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. 96pp., with b/w reproductions, in tan and red printed wraps. A catalogue of an exhibition held in The King's Library August 9 - October 22, 1978. Light shelfwear, corners slightly bumped, else a Very Good copy. Catalogue for the exhibition held at the King's Library August 9 - October 22, 1978. Ink signature of John Prescott Vint on the half title (Vint worked in publishing, first at Prentice-Hall, then Henry Holt, The Viking Press, and E. P. Dutton, and finally at IU Press).
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The Officina Bodoni: Montagnola, Verona : books printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the hand press, 1923-1977 Hardcover - 1978
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- Title The Officina Bodoni: Montagnola, Verona : books printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the hand press, 1923-1977
- Author John Barr
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages BOOKS ON BOOKS PRINTING
- Publisher Published by British Museum Publications for the British Library, London
- Date 1978
- ISBN 9780714103990
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British Library, London, first edition, 1978. Cloth, 4to, 25 cm,. 96 pp, ills (some colour). 98 entries. Catalogue of an exhibition held in the King's Library, British Library Reference Division, 9 August-22 October 1978. "The Officina Bodoni, the distinguished private press founded and operated by Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977), has over the last half century produced books of outstanding quality which are admired and collected by connoisseurs of fine book printing. In Montagnola and since 1927 in Verona, Mardersteig, following the tradition of the scholar-printers of the Renaissance, printed on the hand press close on two hundred books, most of which are discussed in this detailed study. Some were edited by Mardersteig himself; some illustrated by noted modern artists; all are remarkable for their impeccable presswork, carried out either by the printer himself or under his close supervision. The earlier books of the Officina Bodoni were, by special permission, printed with types cast…
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British Library, London, first edition, 1978. Cloth, 4to, 25 cm,. 96 pp, ills (some colour). 98 entries. Catalogue of an exhibition held in the King's Library, British Library Reference Division, 9 August-22 October 1978. "The Officina Bodoni, the distinguished private press founded and operated by Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977), has over the last half century produced books of outstanding quality which are admired and collected by connoisseurs of fine book printing. In Montagnola and since 1927 in Verona, Mardersteig, following the tradition of the scholar-printers of the Renaissance, printed on the hand press close on two hundred books, most of which are discussed in this detailed study. Some were edited by Mardersteig himself; some illustrated by noted modern artists; all are remarkable for their impeccable presswork, carried out either by the printer himself or under his close supervision. The earlier books of the Officina Bodoni were, by special permission, printed with types cast…
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London: The British Library, 1978 4to (26 cm), 96 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The catalogue of an exhibition held in the King's Library, British Library Reference Division, 9 August - 22 October 1978. From the blurb: "The Officina Bodoni, the distinguished private press founded and operated by Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977), has over the last half century produced books of outstanding quality which are admired and collected by connoisseurs of fine book printing. In Montagnola and since 1927 in Verona, Mardersteig, following the tradition of the scholar-printers of the Renaissance, printed on the hand press close on two hundred books, most of which are discussed in this detailed study. Some were edited by Mardersteig himself; some illustrated by noted modern artists; all are remarkable for their impeccable presswork, carried out either by the printer himself or under his close supervision. This tribute to Mardersteig is published in connection with the British Library's…
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