The making of a book at the Officina Bodoni : twelve woodcuts / by Frans Masereel ; with a note by Giovanni Mardersteig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masereel, Frans, 1889-1972, artist.

Contributor:

Mardersteig, Giovanni, 1892-1977, writer of supplementary textual content.

Officina Bodoni, publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Officina Bodoni.

Hand presses in art.

Hand-printed books in art.

Small presses--Italy.

Small presses.

Verona (Italy)--Imprints.

Verona (Italy).

Italy.

Italy--Verona.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

[34] pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Verona : Officina Bodoni, MDCCCCLXXIII [1973].

Notes:

"This series of woodcuts ... was first printed in 1929 in 'The Officina Bodoni : the operation of a hand press.' To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the press three hundred copies have been reprinted, two hundred of which are for friends of the press in the U.S.A."--Colophon.

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.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy in box.

OCLC:

12808227