Berthold wolpe editor (8 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy. Contains four broadsheets, from the second and third decade of the nineteenth century, selected from English and French type specimens. On each, the actual printing machines of the period, the Stanhope, the Columbian, and the Albion and their French equivalents are shown.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Tan cloth printed in black, DW, small square 4to., 99, (1) pages, 32 plates of lettering specimens + other illustrations. Reprint of the Lion and Unicorn Press edition. Bookplate, else a fine copy in a near fine, slightly soiled DW in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Ex library hardback with illustrated boards; usual stamps/markings. Published in 1962 by The Oxford University Press. Light wear to boards & a few handling marks to some pages otherwise a good, clean copy. All 32 plates intact & free from markings. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-1C*.…

FIRST EDITION, limited to 200 copies; pp.100; 38 facsimile plates on light ochre ground; some light spotting, otherwise well preserved in lightly browned original decorated cloth; printed in 14pt Bembo on Chariot Creamy Cartridge. Law 15. Calligraphy Writing.

First Trade Edition, sm.4to., pp.100; 38 facsimile plates; a very good copy in slightly marked dust-wrapper. Originally published in an edition of 200 copies in 1959 by the Lion & Unicorn Press of the Royal College of Art. Calligraphy Writing.

FIRST EDITION, no.18 of 200 copies; pp.100; 38 facsimile plates; a very good copy in original decorated cloth & glacine wrapper; printed in 14pt Bembo on cartridge paper at the private press of the Royal College of Art. LION & UNICORN PRESS. Calligraphy Writing.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. pp. 99, [1]. numerous facsimiles. cloth. dw. (edges of dw. bit chipped). First Trade Edition (originally published in 1959 by the Lion and Unicorn Press in a limited edition of 200 copies).

hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. Publication: London, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1959 Formatting: Small 4to, pp. 99. Condition Report: Near Fine. The book presents beautifully, with the original canvas boards remaining crisp and free from any significant soiling or toning. The red cloth spine is exceptionally bright, and the gilt lettering remains completely unoxidised and sharp. There is only the most trivial suggestion of shelf-wear to the extremities, specifically faint rubbing to the lower board corners. The binding remains perfectly tight and square, with uncracked endpapers. Internally, the pages are highly bright, clean, and free from any foxing, spotting, or tears. The original clear acetate dust wrapper is present and Very Good, showing some mild scuffing and minor edge-wear standard for this delicate material, but remaining largely intact and highly protective. Catalogue Note: First thus, strictly limited to 200 copies produced by the Royal College of Art's prestigious Lion and Unicorn Press. This finely produced facsimile reproduces a unique Elizabethan writing manual held in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It features an expert introduction, translations, and transcriptions by Berthold Wolpe, the celebrated typographer and designer. Copies of this edition are notably scarce on the open market, particularly those that have survived with their original, unprinted clear acetate wrappers intact. A beautiful facsimile of a 16th-century English writing manual, A Newe Booke of Copies 1574 preserves the elaborate calligraphy and instructional texts of the Elizabethan era. Edited by renowned typographer Berthold Wolpe, the volume not only reproduces the intricate original plates, showcasing various historical scripts like the Secretary Hand, but also provides modern transcriptions, translations, and historical context. Printed in a highly limited run, this book is a superb resource for paleographers, calligraphers, and collectors of fine press printing. N/A (illustratore).…