Übersicht - Synopsis - Synoptique (The Berthold Type Collection) by H Berthold AG - 1990

Berthold, January 1980. Hardcover. Good - Cash/Good. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and pages show reader wear. Unmarked pages. DJ has surface rubbing, edgewear, several edge tears and creasing. There is a white spot on the back hardboard. There is some soiling to the edges of the text block. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Berlin: H Berthold AG 4 sided folded paper type specimen sheet. Undated, although the type was designed by Walter Wege in 1931. Some wear, creasing, unmarked. [782]. First Edition.. Folded Paper. Very Good. 270mm. x 195mm.. Book.

Berlin / Düren, Rheinland: H. Berthold AG Schriftgiesserei und Messinglinienfabrik; Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker & Sohne [30] pieces in portfolio. 32 x 23 cm. Text mostly in German. Undated, but c. 1961. Light grey card portfolio printed in dark blue and brown, containing 30 pieces of printing samples. Some light soil to portfolio. Some light crushing to sides with 2 cm closed tear to upper corner. Printing samples include an introduction on light blue paper followed by stationery (paper and envelopes), business cards, menus, a check, a broadside, etc. All samples are in fine to near fine condition. . Portfolio. Very Good.

Berlin: H. Berthold, (1924). Quarto. Textured, paper-covered boards, with titles printed in colors; [92]pp, chiefly illus. Title pages in Hebrew and German; Preface in seven languages, including German, Yiddish, Arabic, English, Hebrew, Polish and French, signed in type by Josef Tscherkassky, Manager of the Oriental Department of Type-Foundry H. Berthold AG. Spine backstrip lacking; general external rubbing and wear; one type block fully marked out with white ink, presumably as issued by the publisher); internally complete, Good or better. A lavishly-produced specimen book by the Berlin type foundry H. Berthold. From the Preface: "This catalogue of Hebrew and Jewish types the first of its kind should redress a great deficiency hitherto existing in Hebrew printing matters. The catalogue contains not only the types but also numerous specimens such as might be employed for books and fine printing. It is a collection of specimens for the Hebrew typographer intended for facilitating to him the… Read More