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The Officina Bodoni, Montagnola, Verona: Books printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the hand press, 1923-1977
by Barr, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0714103993
- ISBN 13
- 9780714103990
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
London: The British Library, 1978 4to (26 cm), 96 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The catalogue of an exhibition held in the King's Library, British Library Reference Division, 9 August - 22 October 1978. From the blurb: "The Officina Bodoni, the distinguished private press founded and operated by Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977), has over the last half century produced books of outstanding quality which are admired and collected by connoisseurs of fine book printing. In Montagnola and since 1927 in Verona, Mardersteig, following the tradition of the scholar-printers of the Renaissance, printed on the hand press close on two hundred books, most of which are discussed in this detailed study. Some were edited by Mardersteig himself; some illustrated by noted modern artists; all are remarkable for their impeccable presswork, carried out either by the printer himself or under his close supervision. This tribute to Mardersteig is published in connection with the British Library's commemorative exhibition which drew on the largest public and private collections in Britain of the Press's work."
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
(PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006538
- Title
- The Officina Bodoni, Montagnola, Verona: Books printed by Giovanni Mardersteig on the hand press, 1923-1977
- Author
- Barr, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0714103993
- ISBN 13
- 9780714103990
- Publisher
- The British Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; Book exhibitions;
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Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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