MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM

New York: Museum Books, 1954. parchment backed boards, dust jacket, cardboard slipcase. oblong 8vo. parchment backed boards, dust jacket, cardboard slipcase. (iv) preliminary pages followed by 100 leaves with an embossed page number, (4) pages. First edition, limited to 1000 copies and printed by Heinrich Egenolf at Stempel's printing house with types owned by Stempel. Small chips out of the top edge of the dust jacket. The cardboard slipcase shows some minor wear and staining. Overall a lovely copy in a fine paper-covered boards slipcase. This is the English language version. A landmark in the study of type and design. Printed in black and red. Inserted in a pocket in the back is a 42 page pamphlet entitled "Quoted Texts of Manuale Typographicum in Original or Rendered English.