TYPOGRAPHISCHE VARIATIONEN, 78 BUCHTITEL UND TEXTSEITEN ALS GESTALTUNGSMOGLICHKEITEN DER TYPOGRAPHIE UND BUCHGRAPHIK ENTWORFEN VON HERMANN ZAPF.
- Frankfurt am Main: Georg Kurt Schauer, 1963.
- 4to.
- parchment-backed boards with vellum tips, dust jacket
- Not paginated.
- ISBN: none
Price: $250.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 38153
Limited to 500 copies of which this is one of 100 numbered copies signed by Hermann Zapf of the edition printed for the author. This copy is a presentation copy for Franz C. Hess. Lacking the slipcase, else fine in fine jacket.
The theme of the book design was set and printed by the printing-office of the Stempel Foundry, Frankfurt am Main (Germany) under the supervision of Leonhard Keller and Arthur Wetzig. Printed on Hahnemühle paper. Binding executed by Willy Pingel in Heidelberg.
Set in 16 languages with the types of D. Stempel "taken from the foundry's archives" and printed by Heinrich Egenolf. A magnificent display of typography and type specimens printed in black with some part printed in an alternative color. Back cover is faded along the top of the boards.












