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

Instructional verses on technique of type founding.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Koch, Rudolf, 1876-1934
Corporate Authors:	Arion Press, Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Other Authors:	Nesbitt, Alexander, 1901-1995, Hoyem, Andrew
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco (566 Commercial St., San Francisco 94111) : Arion Press, 1982.
Subjects:	Type and type-founding > Germany > Offenbach am Main > History. Printing > Germany > Offenbach am Main > History. Silhouettes. Gebrüder Klingspor. Printing. Type and type-founding. Germany > Offenbach am Main. Lettergieten. History. Typefaces (Type evidence) > Jessenschrift.

Description
Summary:	Instructional verses on technique of type founding.
Item Description:	Translation of: Die Schriftgiesserei im Schattenbild. Translated by Alexander Nesbitt, with a new introduction by Andrew Hoyem. Limited edition of 500 copies. "Descriptive verses are handset in Jessenschrift, one of Koch's types. The silhouettes are printed ... from photo-engravings in black ink, while the type is printed in red ... The paper is a heavy weight British mouldmade sheet of 100% cotton fibre. The set is enclosed in a portfolio of red cloth imported from Germany"--Publisher's prospectus.
Physical Description:	1 portfolio (28 unnumbered sheets) : chiefly illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm
Related Items:	The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.