A novel type foundery : a dissertation on type design and the Village types, together with a specimen of types, borders and ornaments, etc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Temple, 1864-1939, author.

Contributor:

Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947, type designer.

Village Press, publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947.

Goudy, Frederic W.

Village Press.

Type and type-founding.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Kennerley.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Forum.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

[16] pages : typography specimens ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Village Press and Letter Foundery, 1914.

Notes:

"A novel type foundery ... quoted in substance from 'Frederic W. Goudy, printer and craftsman, ' by Temple Scott."

Showings of Goudy's Forum and Kennerley types.

Letterpress printed.

Beige printed wrappers; title page and specimen pages within borders; initials.

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:

17237385