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MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM ... 100 TYPOGRAPHICAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT TYPES, TYPOGRAPHY AND THE ART OF PRINTING SELECTED FROM PAST AND PRESENT, PRINTED IN EIGHTEEN LANGUAGE
by Zapf, Hermann
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Frankfurt & New York: Z-Presse, 1968.. Quarto (31 x 21 cm). Gilt lettered vellum- backed cloth over boards, lettered in gilt. Printed in black and red. Trace of rubbing of the cloth from the slipcase, otherwise about fine, in board slipcase. First German language edition of the second of the masterful displays of Zapf's typographic art, printed in an edition of 800 copies, signed by Zapf. The contents present an array of texts in 18 languages set in contemporary and historic types.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT87721
- Title
- MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM ... 100 TYPOGRAPHICAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT TYPES, TYPOGRAPHY AND THE ART OF PRINTING SELECTED FROM PAST AND PRESENT, PRINTED IN EIGHTEEN LANGUAGE
- Author
- Zapf, Hermann
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Z-Presse
- Place of Publication
- Frankfurt & New York
- Date Published
- 1968.
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About the Seller
William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Quarto
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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