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But the greatest of these is Charity : First Corinthians Thirteen : One to Thirteen / Designed, decorated and embellished with pure gold by Kurt H. Volk, Typographer, in the City of New York MCMXLVI.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 1835
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Bible. N.T. Corinthians, 1st. XIII, 1-13. English. 1946
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Type ornaments--Specimens.
- Type ornaments.
- Initials--Specimens.
- Initials.
- Printers' ornaments--Specimens.
- Printers' ornaments.
- Type and type-founding.
- Typography.
- Charity.
- Bible. Corinthians.
- Bible.
- Bible. Corinthians, 1st.
- Bible. Corinthians, 1st, I-IV.
- charity (philosophical concept).
- Genre:
- Private press books (Printing)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Lydian Cursive.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Volk, Kurt H. (Kurt Hans), 1883-1962 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 4 double leaves. : illustrations ; 34 cm.
- Other Title:
- Charity.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kurt H. Volk, MCMXLVI [1946].
- Summary:
- A printed book that contains the text from 1 Corinthinas 13:1-13 according to the Blue, Red and Gold Letter Edition of the Holy Bible (BRG), which is based on the King James Version (KVJ). Includes decorated initials and borders. Also includes in-text decorations to separate Bible verses.
- Notes:
- "This book is set in Lydian Cursive throughout. A limited edition of 500 copies were printed by seven-color offset and gold stamped of which this is copy No. [blank line]".
- 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 is number 129. Greeting card laid in.
- OCLC:
- 1468611385
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