Principles of Freedom.

  • soft cover
  • [Philadelphia]: Scott Paper Company, [1964]
By Zapf, Herman.
[Philadelphia]: Scott Paper Company, [1964]. First edition. soft cover. Good. 48 cm; 6 plates and 5 (of 6) guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. Plates exhibit types designed by Hermann Zapf with the assistance of his wife, Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse, for the Scott Paper Company, Printing and Converting Papers Division. Enclosed in paper portfolio embossed with title and raptor design. Portfolio rather worn at edges, and stained on upper wrap at lower left corner. Contents thumbed but generally very good.

Each plate features a quotation about Freedom (by Hegel, Kant, Maugham, The Book of Common Prayer, Wendell Willkie, and Salvador de Madariaga, expressed in Zapf's exemplary letterforms. There is a paragraph of explanation on an overlay for each plate (one overlay is missing, however).

Details

Title

Principles of Freedom.

Author

Zapf, Herman.

Binding

soft cover

Condition

Good

Publisher

Scott Paper Company: [Philadelphia]

Date

[1964]

Edition

First edition


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