The elements of lettering: PB 180-2004

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The elements of lettering

Maker(s)

Author: Benson, John Howard
Author: Carey, Arthur Graham
Printer: Merrymount Press
Publisher: John Stevens Shop

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Book

Description

"Printed for John Stevens, Newport, Rhode Island, by D.B. Updike, the Merrymount Press, Boston, in the month of May, 1940"--Colophon.
Ordinary copies bound in brick red linen; rag paper copies bound in purplish red linen. Museum has ordinary copy.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125).

X, 125, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place(s) associated

Boston

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2004) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1940

Note

Colophon: " ... Printed at the Officin Ludwig Oehms in Frankfurt am Main. American edition Museum Books, New York: 975 copies, autographed and numbered; plus 25 copies autographed and numbered i to xxv, each containing an original layout page of the present work. [signature of Hermann Zapf] This volume bears the number [in ms] 217." With dust-jacket.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Dreyfus, John

Components of the work

Support composed of paper (fibre product) ( [3], 117, [1] leaves)

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 180-2004
Primary reference Number: 199949
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 26 November 2014 Updated: Wednesday 26 November 2014

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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