Some observations on book design / a commentary written and printed by Richard J. Hoffman at his printing office in Van Nuys, California for members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Richard J., author, book designer, printer.

Contributor:

Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, associated name.

Zamorano Club, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book design.

Printing.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Janson.

Mohawk Superfine (Paper).

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

18 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Manufacture:

Van Nuys, Calif. : Richard J. Hoffman, 1986 [i.e. 1988]

Notes:

Errata slip laid in: "1986-1988 Cursory proof reading will disclose a date on the title page of this keepsake differing from its actual delivery. I meant well but missed the 1986 deadline. I hope that this slight delay does not distress you or lessen your interest in its content. -- Richard J. Hoffman."

"Composed on the Linotype in the Janson types with display in foundry Janson. Primula ornaments in various combinations were used for decoration. The Jenson initial was drawn for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company in the 1920s but has its origins in the designs of the fifteenth century. Printed by letterpess on Mohawk Superfine book paper. Design, type composition, and presswork by Richard J. Hoffman, Van Nuys, California, 1986"--Colophon

Title-page ornament; head- and tail-piece; decorated initial.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

OCLC:

19089226