The Officina Bodoni : an account of the work of a hand press, 1923-1977
Author:
Mardersteig, Giovanni
Publisher:
Valdonega
By Giovanni Mardersteig ; edited and translated by Hans Schmoller.
Lix, 285 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John
Production date: AD 1980
"This limited edition of ninety-nine copies numbered 1-99, as well as twenty six copies designated A-Z and not for sale, is accompanied by a second volume containing ten original leaves from hand-printed books of the Officina Bodini. It forms part of an edition of fifteen hundred copies, of which the design, composition, reproductions, and printing on Sarego paper were carried out by the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona"--Colophon. "This volume, of which there are one hundred and twenty-five copies, numbered 1-99 or designed A-Z, is made up of spare sheets of books printed on the hand press of the Officina Bodini and preserved in its archives. The ten four-page leaves may differ in each copy. The preliminary pages were set and printed in Verona by the Stamperia Valdonega."--t.p. verso of second volume. Both volumes are copy Q. Both volumes quarter bound in leather with tan cloth sides over boards. In slipcase with matching tan cloth.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: PB 64-2003
Primary reference Number: 94629
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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