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Berṭhold Shrifṭgiseray un mesinglinye fabriḳn aḳtsiengezelshafṭ.
בערטהאלד שריפטגיסעריי און מעסינגליניע פאבריקן אקציענגעזעלשאפט.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Z251.H4 B47 1924
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
H. Berthold Messinglinienfabrik und Schriftgiesserei.
Contributor:
Tscherkassky, Joseph.
Albert J. and Ele Wood Endowment Fund.
Language:
Multiple languages
Yiddish
Subjects (All):
Hebrew type.
Hebrew type--Specimens.
Printing--Specimens.
Printing.
Hebrew language--Alphabet.
Hebrew language.
Genre:
Specimens.
Physical Description:
72 unnumbered leaves : chiefly colored illustrations ; 29 cm (4to)
Other Title:
H. Berthold, Schrifgiessereien und Messinglinien-Fabriken Aktien-Gesellschaft
Berthold
Bertold
ברתולד
Place of Publication:
Berlin : der ḳaṭalog iz oysgefirṭ in unzer hoyz-druḳeray, [1924]
בערלין : [חמו״ל], [1924]
Notes:
Preface in German, Yiddish, Arabic, English, Hebrew, French, and Polish. Specimen captions in Yiddish. Sample texts in Yiddish, Hebrew and some Rashi script.
"A collection of specimens for the Hebrew typographer intended for facilitating to him the connection with the western art of printing"--Preface. Signed Joseph Tscherkassky, manager of the Oriental dept. of the Type-Foundry H. Berthold AG, 5th April 1924.
Decorative element specimens based on Jewish, German and East European imprints.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert J. and Ele Wood Endowment Fund.
RBC copy with original distinctive multicolor pictorial boards with embossed lettering and decoration. Rebacked and with new endpapers.
RBC copy sold at auction at Kestenbaum & Company, 26 June 2014, lot 160, sale 62.
OCLC:
19139546

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