MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM
by Zapf, Hermann
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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FERNDALE, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Frankfurt am Main: (D. Stempel AG), 1954. Hardcover. Fine. Quarter vellum gilt with blue cloth printed with "MT" in gilt, drop-back box, landscape 4to., (iv), 100, (5) pages. 100 leaves numbered in blind of typographic designs by Hermann Zapf of quotations in 16 languages, utilizing numerous modern and historical Stempel types. One of 1,000 copies printed by Heinrich Egenolf in red and black at Stempel's House Printing Office. Supplemental sewn 47 page booklet "Texte und Ubersetzungen in Deutscher Sprache" laid in. Bound by Willy Pingel. A very fine copy. Enclosed in the rarely encountered original blue cloth and paper-covered drop-back box, titled in gilt on the spine and with "MT" in gilt on the cover; the box is quite worn and soiled, but has served well to protect the book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Entropy Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007501
- Title
- MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM
- Author
- Zapf, Hermann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- (D. Stempel AG)
- Place of Publication
- Frankfurt am Main
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- (iv), 100, (5)
- Size
- 4to.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Typography, Private Press
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FERNDALE, Michigan
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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