- Bookseller: marilyn braiterman rare books
- Seller Inventory #: 2520
- Format: H Portfolio
- Book condition: Fine.
- Illustrator: Anna Simons..
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Bremer Press
- Place: Munich
- Date published: 1926
Book Description
Munich: Bremer Press. 1926. Folio. H Portfolio. Fine.. (Munich 1926) Folio. Attractive new portfolio of linen spine and marbled paper-covered boards; cover label; ties. Light age-darkening to fore-edges of sheets else extremely good. One of 220 copies printed at the Bremer Press on Zanders paper. Title page, introduction, plate description and twenty plates with 615 initials for 37 different works. Pupil of the calligrapher Edward Johnston, Anna Simons designed the splendid initials which were the only ornaments of the austere early Bremer Press books.
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spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
folio : a large book size, generally 15" in height or larger.
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