SPECIMENS OF WOOD TYPE.
Presented to the School of Library Service, Columbia University.
- Charlottesville: Book Arts Press, 1980.
- folio
- custom cloth folding box, linen ties, paper cover label
- 37 leaves, of which 32 are wood type specimens
Price: $220.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 143163
Privately printed in an edition of 30 numbered copies (of which the publisher states the number is more like 23) signed by Victoria Brush, Marc Lippman, Christine Ruggere, and Terry Belanger. This copy is out-of-series, however it does have three additional large specimens showing the woodtype in use at the Book Arts Press, along with a letter from Terry Belanger about this portfolio. A fine copy of this stunning production.
Printed in color on an 1843 R. Hoe & Company Washington hand press and a c. 1885 Wesel flatbed platen press. The text paper is Mohawk Superfine, and the cover sheet is Kilmory Text.