The letter of Columbus on the discovery of the New World /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
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Los Angeles :
USC Fine Arts Press,
1989.
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| Item Description: | Title vignette. Includes facsim. reproduction of the Stephen Plannck 1493 Latin edition of the Letter, with English translation by Samuel Eliot Morison. The edition consists of twenty-six copies lettered from A through Z and 300 numbered copies. Designed and produced under the direction of Gerald Lange at the USC Fine Arts Press ; hand printed by Robin Price ; type cast by Harold Berliner's Typefoundry ; bound by Klaus-Ulrch S. Rötzscher ; photoengravings produced at Peterson Engraving Company. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is number136. |
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| Physical Description: | 48 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 25 cm |
| Awards: | Western Books Exhibit 1990. Carl Hertzog Prize for Fine Book Design (1st), 1990, for Gerald Lange, book designer. |
| Production Credits: | Designed by Gerald Lange. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-48). |
| ISBN: | 0944585019 9780944585016 |
| 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. |