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Alphabetum romanum : the letterforms of Felice Feliciano, c. 1460, Verona / with a foreword by Paul F. Gehl and an afterword by Jason Dewinetz.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 1952
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dewinetz, Jason, 1970- artist, writer of afterword, printer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feliciano, Felice, active 15th century.
- Feliciano, Felice.
- Roman capitals (Lettering).
- Lettering.
- Alphabets.
- Genre:
- Alphabet books -- U.S.A. -- 2010.
- Italic (typeface group) -- Cloister -- U.S.A. -- 2010.
- Letterpress printing -- U.S.A. -- 2010.
- Private press books -- U.S.A. -- 2010.
- Roman (upright typeface group) -- Cloister Old Style -- U.S.A -- 2010.
- alphabet books.
- Alphabet books
- Alphabet books.
- Alphabet books -- British Columbia -- Vernon -- 2010.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Cloister Old Style.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Misc 1952)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Misc 1952)
- Physical Description:
- 75, [4] pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Half title: Letterforms of Felice Feliciano, c. 1460, Verona
- Place of Publication:
- Vernon [British Columbia] : Greenboathouse Press, 2010
- Summary:
- "Presents us with a fresh redrawing of an alphabet devised by humanist and scribe Felice Feliciano ... to re-present two twentieth-century versions of this same alphabet: as offered in 1960 in letterpress by Hans Mardersteig, and again in 1985 in the form of a glossy colour facsimile issued to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Swiss publisher, Belser Verlag."--Page 9.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Paul F. Gehl
- Alphabetum Romanum : the letterforms of Felice Feliciano
- Afterword / Jason Dewinetz.
- Notes:
- "Published in an edition of 115 copies: 100 numbered copies for sale and 15 (I-XV) for private distribution."--Colophon.
- "The letterforms are based on the original drawings of Felice Feliciano, c.1460, redrawn by Jason Dewinetz and printed from polymer plates on a Vandercook 15-21 flatbed cylinder press. The paper is Magnani Biblos, made in Italy; the wrapper and endsheets were handmade by Reg Lissel in Vancouver. The text types are ATF Cloister Old Style and Monotype Cloister italic and small caps, designed in 1913 by Morris Fuller Benton, modelled on the 15th-century types of Nicolas Jenson. The Monotype fonts were cast by Jon Rimmer and Ed Rayher, respectively."--Colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 74-75).
- Local Notes:
- Misc 1952: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck. Edition number 37.
- ISBN:
- 9781894744294
- 1894744292
- OCLC:
- 662578497
- Online:
- Publisher's description.
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