TYPOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS DESIGNED BY HERMANN ZAPF ON THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY BOOK DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY IN 78 BOOK AND TITLE PAGES
- quarter parchment over paper covered boards, parchment tips, paper dust jacket
- New York, NY: Museum Books, 1964
New York, NY: Museum Books, 1964. quarter parchment over paper covered boards, parchment tips, paper dust jacket. 4to. quarter parchment over paper covered boards, parchment tips, paper dust jacket. Not paginated. With Prefaces written by Paul Standard, New York, G. K. Schauer, Frankfurt, and Charles Peignot, Paris, together with commentary notes and specifications. Limited to 500 numbered copies produced by this American publisher, and signed by Zapf on the colophon page. Jacket chipped with tears along top edge, else a very good copy.
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, with many being tipped-in.
Hermann Zapf was an award-winning typographer and book designer known for his clean techniques.
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, with many being tipped-in.
Hermann Zapf was an award-winning typographer and book designer known for his clean techniques.
Details
Title
TYPOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS DESIGNED BY HERMANN ZAPF ON THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY BOOK DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY IN 78 BOOK AND TITLE PAGES
Author
Zapf, Hermann
Binding
quarter parchment over paper covered boards, parchment tips, paper dust jacket
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Museum Books: New York, NY
Date
1964