[Corvus Works] O'Day, Edward F. & Le Bé, Guillaume & Morison, Stanley. With an Introduction by Christopher Wakeling.
| Title |
Claude Garamond and his place in the Renaissance, an essay by Edward F. O'Day; A Note on Claude Garamond from the Le Bé Memorandum translated by Harry Carter; Stanley Morison, Foreword to the Le Bé Memorandum, and A Note on Garamond Type. |
| Date |
Blackhill, Co Durham: 2022 |
| Publisher |
Christopher Wakeling, at his Corvus Works, |
Description
Copy number '62' of an edition limited to 105 copies. The texts were hand-set in Sabon-Antiqua foundry cast types, and printed on Arches Vélin Blanc and Zerkall Ingres paper on a Korrex Hannover press and a Schelter & Giesecke Pheonix IV platen press. Burgundy quarter cloth over blue printed paper covered boards, blue paper label to the spine, burgundy endpapers. 340 x 230 mm, pp. [32]. Illustrated with a linocut portrait of Claude Garamond by John Watson printed on remnants of Barcham Green 'Bodleian' hand-made paper; three plates showing types cut by Le Bé I and II, together with Jean Jannon.
Condition
A book in Fine condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket.
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