A contemplation upon the mystery of man's regeneration in allusion to the mystery of printing.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McKay, Donald, 1895-1974, illustrator.

Benton, Morris Fuller, type designer.

Grabhorn Press, printer, publisher.

Van Gelder Zonen, papermaker.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing--Poetry.

Printing.

Genre:

Poetry.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Cloister Black.

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Poems.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 12) (Grabhorn Press 25))

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 12) (Grabhorn Press 25))

Physical Description:

[6] leaves ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : The Grabhorn Press, December 1927.

Notes:

Cover title.

Poem. "Reprinted from [James] Watson's History of the art of printing, published in 1713. The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, December 1927."--Colophon.

"One decorative initial printed in orange; colophon in red; each line of text underlined in gold; gold rule borders. Title illustration by Donald McKay. Type Cloister Black, handset; paper Van Gelder. Bound in limp tan boards; title and illustration in black on front cover. Some copies bound in parchment; title printed in sepia on front cover. Approximately one hundred and twenty-five copies printed for complimentary distribution in 1927, as a Christmas and New Year's greeting ... The title illustration was done by Donald McKay for use in To a Missal of the XIIIth Century, printed in 1924. The colophon dates the book 1927, though the cover title reads 1928."--Heller.

Deckled edges, untrimmed.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies (Grabhorn Press 12 and 25) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 12) bound in parchment; title printed in sepia on front cover.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Grabhorn Press 25) bound in limp tan boards; title and illustration in black on front cover

Cited in:

Heller, E.R. Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 102

OCLC:

2238427