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Fournier on typefounding; the text of the Manuel typographique (1764-1766): PB 398-2003

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Fournier on typefounding; the text of the Manuel typographique (1764-1766)

Maker(s)

Author: Fournier, le jeune (Pierre Simon)
Translator: Carter, Harry
Publisher: Soncino Press
Printer: Curwen Press

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Description

Translated into English and edited with notes, by Harry Carter

2 photographs of Harry Carter (?) tipped in on back pastedown.

Xxxvii, [4], 323 p. illus., double plates, port. 19 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1930

Note

This edition consists of 200 copies for sale in England by the Soncino Press and 60 copies for sale in the United States by Random house Inc. This is number [left blank]" Bound in red cloth, gold stamped on spine.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Photograph

Materials used in production

Printing ink
Photographic paper

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 398-2003
Primary reference Number: 98345

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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