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WHY THERE ARE PAGES AND WHY THEY MUST TURN.
Bringhurst, Robert
Number one of the CODE(X) Monograph Series

   

- Berkeley, California : CODEX Foundation 2008
- 5.5 x 7.75 inches
- paperback pamphlet
- 16 pages
- ISBN 9780981791418 / Order Nr. 102896
- Price: $ 25.00

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Number one of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Adapted from The Surface of Meaning: Books and Book Design in Canada, published in fall 2008 by CCSP Press at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Robert Bringhurst's essay talks about book design and typography, as well as the future of the book.

This book was designed and printed in an edition of 500 copies on a Heidelberg cylinder press by Peter Koch, assisted by Jonathan Gerken and Shanna Mahan for the CODEX Foundation. The cover was printed from antique wood and metal types in the Koch collection.

Robert Bringhurst is a philosopher, poet, linguist, and typographer living in British Columbia.

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PIRANESI: THE MAGNIFICENCE OF ROME.

Limited to 200 numbered copies. A collection of the works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78), an Italian artist known for his etchings of Rome. Translated from the Italian by R.H. Boothroyd. Designed and produced by Edizioni il Polifilo, hand set in Caslon type and printed in Italy by Luigi Maestri. Collotype plates by Annibale Belli. Introductory essay by Mario Praz. 28 plates of Roman scenes with descriptive comments about each by Livio Jannattoni. Note on the life and works of G.B. Piranesi, table of contents, bibliography. Bottom and top of slipcase missing. Illustration on front of slip case torn at bottom.




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