[The Old School Press] Ould, Martyn & Thomas, Martyn.
Title |
The Fell Revival. Describing the casting of the Fell types at the University Press, Oxford and their use by the Press and others since 1864.. & etc. |
Date |
Hinton Charterhouse, Bath: 2000 |
Publisher |
The Old School Press, |
Description
Copy number 'XLV' of 50 specially bound copies from a total edition of 350 copies. Original quarter blue morocco over marbled paper covered boards (marbled by Ann Muir) with gilt lettering to the spine, cream endpapers. Designed by Bob Elliott and digitally typeset by Charles Hall using QuarkXPress. The text was printed litho at BAS, Andover on Mohawk Superfine paper in 11.5/15 pt ITC Galliard CC with Mantinia for display. The letterpress pages were printed on a 1910 treadle platen press at The Old School Press on hand-made papers from pre-1986 Oxford Unioversity Press stocks using the remaining founts of Fell type. The Daniel Press type facsimile was printed by the authors in the Bodleian Library on Daniel's Albion hand-press. Quarto, 285 x 225, pp. [xiv] 186 [colophon] [5, blank] illustrated with eighteen figures and eight tipped-in printed sheets of Fell types. TOGETHER WITH a blue cloth portfolio containing 20 original specimens of Fell types. All housed in a blur cloth slipcase, printed paper label.
Condition
A book, portfolio and slipcase, all in Fine condition.