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The typefoundry in silhouette : how printing type is developed at Klingspor Bros. in Offenbach on the river Main: PB 6-2004

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The typefoundry in silhouette : how printing type is developed at Klingspor Bros. in Offenbach on the river Main

Maker(s)

Author: Koch, Rudolf
Illustrator: Koch, Rudolf
Translator: Nesbitt, Alexander
Publisher: Arion Press

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Description

By Rudolf Koch.

Reproductions of the plates from the first edition of 1918 with English translations of the verses, by Alexander Nesbitt.
Translation of: Die Schriftgiesserei im Schattenbild.

28 sheets in a linen portfolio ; 24 x 32 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • San Francisco

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1982

Note

Limited ed. of 500 copies.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 6-2004
Primary reference Number: 98973

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 24 September 2014

Associated departments & institutions

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

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