The Officina Bodoni : an account of the work of a hand press, 1923-1977 / Giovanni Mardersteig ; edited and translated by Hans Schmoller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mardersteig, Giovanni, 1892-1977, author.

Contributor:

Schmoller, Hans, editor, translator.

Stamperia Valdonega, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Officina Bodini. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Officina Bodoni.

Printing--Italy--Verona--History.

Printing.

History.

Verona (Italy)--Imprints.

Verona (Italy).

Italy--Verona.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

lix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 285 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Verona : Edizioni Valdonega, 1980.

Language Note:

In English, translated from German.

Contents:

How a book is made.

The books. Montagnola 1923-1927 ; Verona 1927-1977 ; THe complete works of Gabriele d'Annunzio.

The type-faces. Own type designs ; The punch-cutter Charles Malin ; Type-faces of various origins.

The devices.

Indexes. Titles and authors ; Authors and titles ; Illustrators and type designers ; Editors, translators, etc. ; Publishers ; Additional names from the commentaries ; Type-faces ; List of reproductions.

Notes:

"This edition consists of fifteen hundred copies ..."--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages lviii-lix) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy in slipcase.

ISBN:

8885033040

OCLC:

8411224