The magnum opus of Joseph Florimond Loubat : a leaf book / John W. Adams, George Kolbe, Henry Morris, Pete Smith.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Adams, John W., 1936- contributor.
• Smith, Pete, contributor.
• Kolbe, George, contributor.
• Morris, Henry, 1925-2019, writer of foreword.
• Bixler, Michael, typographer.
• Bixler, Winifred, typographer.
• Garamond, Claude, -1561, type designer.
• Bird & Bull Press, publisher, printer.
• Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker & Söhne, papermaker.
• Campbell-Logan Bindery, binder.
• Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Loubat, J. F. (Joseph Florimond), 1831-1927. Medallic history of the United States of America, 1776-1876.
• Loubat, J. F. (Joseph Florimond), 1831-1927.
• United States--History--Medals.
• Medals.
• United States.

Genre:

• Private press books (Printing)
• Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
• Limitation statements (Publishing)
• Deckled edges (Paper)
• Mould-made papers (Paper)
• Case bindings (Binding)
• Untrimmed edges (Binding)
• Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Garamond.
• Illustrated works.
• Leaf books.
• History.

Penn Provenance:

• Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
• Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

59, [13] pages, [6] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 26 cm

Manufacture:

[Newtown, Pennsylvania] : Printed ... at the Bird & Bull Press, in October, 2007.

Place of Publication:

Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 2007.

Contents:

• Foreword / H. Morris
• Joseph Florimond Loubat, 1831-1927 / Pete Smith
• An original leaf from The medallic history
• A bibliographical addendum / G. Kolbe
• A book review of Loubat / J.W. Adams
• An original leaf from The medallic history.

Notes:

• Original leaves are included in the pagination.
• Mounted portrait.
• "150 copies printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper at the Bird & Bull Press in October, 2007. The book was composed in Garamond types by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery. No. [blank]"--Colophon.
• Printed in black and red.
• Binding: quarter red leather over dark blue cloth boards; round paper label with vignette printed in red on left board; gold-stamped black leather spine label ("LOUBAT"); deckled edges (fore- and tail edges untrimmed).
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-37).

Local Notes:

• Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 39 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 150 copies. See colophon.
• Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
• Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: original leaves are plates XXII and LXXIII.
• Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has publisher's prospectus for this edition (with manuscript note addressed to Jean-François Vilain on verso) laid in.

OCLC:

192136598