B. Franklin, inventor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DePol, John, 1913-2004, wood engraver.

Baumwell, Maxwell J., typesetter.

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

Tri-Arts Press, printer.

Curtis Paper Company, papermaker..

Fisher Bookbinding Co., Inc., binder.

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

Series:

Typophiles monograph ; 60.

Typophiles monograph ; 60

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Franklin, Benjamin.

Inventors--United States.

Inventors.

United States.

Genre:

wood engravings (prints)

History.

Wood engravings.

Case bindings (Binding)

Bookplates (Provenance)

Private press books (Printing)

White Colophon (paper).

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

41, [2] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : [publisher not identified], 1960.

Notes:

"Privately printed."

"This keepsake is published in connection with the celebration of Printing Week in New York, 1960, the 254th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, printer"--Title page verso.

"Designed by Lewis F. White ... the illustrations are wood engravings by John DePol ... Typesetting by M.J. Baumwell, Typography; Printed by Tri-Arts Press, Inc.; Binding by the Fisher Bookbinding Co., Inc.; The text paper is White Colophon and the cover is Midnight Blue Tweedweave text from the Curtis Paper Company, Delaware"--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 protective wrapper.

OCLC:

32017991