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The Resource Art of the printed book, 1455-1955 : masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library, with an essay by Joseph Blumenthal

Art of the printed book, 1455-1955 : masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library, with an essay by Joseph Blumenthal

Label
Art of the printed book, 1455-1955 : masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library
Title
Art of the printed book, 1455-1955
Title remainder
masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library
Statement of responsibility
with an essay by Joseph Blumenthal
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1897-1990
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Blumenthal, Joseph
Dewey number
686.2/2/07401471
Illustrations
facsimiles
Index
index present
LC call number
Z121.P58 1973
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Pierpont Morgan Library
  • Stinehour Press
  • Meriden Gravure Company
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Books
  • Type and type-founding
  • Pierpont Morgan Library
Label
Art of the printed book, 1455-1955 : masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library, with an essay by Joseph Blumenthal
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Errata leaf inserted with additional facsimile
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Sept. 11-Dec. 2, 1973
  • Includes index
  • "Baskerville type for text, with Bulmer headings, and Perpetua for title display, by the Stinehour Press ... Plates made and printed by the Meriden Gravure Company ... Typography by Joseph Blumenthal"--Colophon
  • Bound in black and brown cloth with gold stamping; printed dust jacket
Bar code
  • 31223113895511
  • 31223902289306
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. 181-183
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
31 cm
Extent
xiv, 192 p., [1] folding leaf of plates
Isbn
9780879230821
Lccn
73082830
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
[126] facsims.
System control number
823477263
Label
Art of the printed book, 1455-1955 : masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library, with an essay by Joseph Blumenthal
Publication
Note
  • Errata leaf inserted with additional facsimile
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Sept. 11-Dec. 2, 1973
  • Includes index
  • "Baskerville type for text, with Bulmer headings, and Perpetua for title display, by the Stinehour Press ... Plates made and printed by the Meriden Gravure Company ... Typography by Joseph Blumenthal"--Colophon
  • Bound in black and brown cloth with gold stamping; printed dust jacket
Bar code
  • 31223113895511
  • 31223902289306
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. 181-183
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
31 cm
Extent
xiv, 192 p., [1] folding leaf of plates
Isbn
9780879230821
Lccn
73082830
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
[126] facsims.
System control number
823477263

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