Printing for Kingdom, Empire, and Republic : treasures from the archives of the Imprimerie Nationale / edited by H. George Fletcher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fletcher, H. George, writer of supplementary textual content.

Charon-Parent, Annie, writer of supplementary textual content.

Conihout, Isabelle de, writer of supplementary textual content.

Mosley, James, writer of supplementary textual content.

Kelly, Jerry, 1955- book designer.

Imprimerie nationale (France), typographer, printer.

GHP Media, Inc., printer of plates.

Grolier Club, publisher, host institution.

Institut Mémoires de l'édition contemporaine, organizer.

ArjoWiggins (Firm), papermaker.

Acme Bookbinding, binder.

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imprimerie nationale (France)--Exhibitions.

Imprimerie nationale (France).

Printing--France--Paris--History--Exhibitions.

Printing.

French literature.

Artists' books.

History.

France--Paris.

Type and type-founding--France--Exhibitions.

Type and type-founding.

France.

Exhibitions.

Artists' books--France--Paris--History--Exhibitions.

French literature--History and criticism--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Garamond.

Arches Expression (paper).

Exhibition catalogs.

Catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

xiii, 96 pages, 33 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Grolier Club, 2011.

Paris : Imprimerie nationale, Éditions de l'atelier du livre d'art et de l'estampe.

Contents:

Humanism and typography : the Grecs du Roi and the study of the ancient world / Annie Parent-Charon

Pierre Moreau, master scribe and printer (ca. 1600-1648) / Isabelle de Conihout

The Romain du roi : a type made for the Royal Printing-House of Louis XIV / James Mosley.

Notes:

Issued to accompany the exhibition of the same name, held at the Grolier Club in New York, Dec. 6, 2011-Feb. 4, 2012. The exhibition was organized by the Grolier Club, the Imprimerie nationale, and the Institut Mémoire de l'édition contemporaine (IMEC).

"Created to accompany this exhibtion, this publication exists in a regular edition of 500 copies; 50 additional copies, containing restrikes of original copper plates, have been divided equally between The Grolier Club and the Imprimerie Nationale. One specifically bound copy has been created for auction among Club members to benefit The Grolier Club"--P. 92.

"Composed in Monotype Garamond for the text and hand-set Garamond, cast from the original matrices, for the display type, at the Imprimerie Nationale's Atelier du Livre d'Art et de l'Estampe (ALAE), in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, and printed there letterpress on Arches Expression texture white 120g. The collotype plates have been printed at ALAE. The illustrations have been printed offset at GHP in West Haven, Connecticut, and the books have been bound at Acme Bookbinding Inc., Charlestown, Massachusetts. This first edition consists of 500 copies, with twenty-six special copies, numbered A to Z, containing restrikes printed at ALAE from the original plates. Designed by Jerry Kelly."--Colophon.

Exhibition curated by H. George Fletcher.

Contributing authors H. George Fletcher, Annie Parent-Charon, Isabelle de Conihout, and James Mosley.

"This volume is published to accompany the eponymous exhibition at The Grolier Club, 6 December 2011 through 4 February 2012"--T.p. verso.

Includes biliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.

ISBN:

9781605830377

1605830372

OCLC:

768482468