B. Franklin, innovator.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, author.

Contributor:

White, Lewis F. (Lewis Felix), 1895- book designer.

DePol, John, 1913-2004, wood engraver.

Baumwell, M. J., typographer.

J.F. Tapley Co., binder.

Tri-Arts Press, printer.

Mohawk Paper Mills (Cohoes, N.Y.), papermaker.

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

Series:

Typophiles monograph ; 63.

Typophiles monographs ; no. 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Franklin, Benjamin.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Mohawk Superfine (Paper).

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

22, [8] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Other Title:

Benjamin Franklin innovator.

Place of Publication:

New York : [publisher not identified], 1961.

Notes:

"Privately printed."

"This keepsake is published in connection with the celebration of Printing Week in New York, 1961, the 255th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, printer"--Title page verso.

"Designed by Lewis F. White ... illustrations are wood engravings by John DePol ... Typesetting by M.J. Baumwell, Typography ; Printed by Tri-Arts Press, Inc. ; Platemaker is Flower Steel Electrotype Company, Inc. ; Binding by J.F. Tapley Company, Inc. ; The text and cover paper is Mohawk Superfine from Mohawk Paper Mills, Inc., Cohes, N.Y."--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 has protective cover.

OCLC:

1164207368