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A typobathycal venture: PM 39-2003

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

A typobathycal venture

Maker(s)

Unknown

Categories

Description

Letter to John Dreyfus signed "Hans" (dated 15.1.68) with attached press cutting dated June 15 1958 entitled "A Typobathycal venture". This concerns Mr. C. Volmer Nordlunde plan to find the matrices and type of the Doves Press which had been disposed of in the River Thames by Cobden-Sanderson. Found in PM 38-2003.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

1958-06-15 - 1968-01-15

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper (fibre product)

Materials used in production

Ink
Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Handwriting
Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PM 39-2003
Primary reference Number: 94610
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 24 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A typobathycal venture" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/94610 Accessed: 2024-11-02 20:27:13

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