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The Fell imperial quarto Book of common prayer : an account of its production / by Peter Foden.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Whittington 19
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foden, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of England. Book of common prayer.
- Church of England.
- Oxford University Press--History.
- Oxford University Press.
- Printing--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Printing.
- Printing--England--Specimens.
- Book of common prayer (Church of England).
- England.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Decorated papers -- England -- 1998.
- Cloth half bindings.
- Handmade papers (fibre products.
- Italic (typeface group)
- moldmade paper.
- Numbered limited editions.
- Paper (fibre product) boards (binding components)
- roman (upright typeface group)
- Typographic initials (layout features)
- Private press books.
- History
- Specimens
- Artists' books -- England -- Risbury -- 1998.
- Mould-made papers (Paper) -- Great Britain -- 20th century.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Caslon.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Fell.
- Physical Description:
- 44 pages, [10] pages ; 39 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Risbury, Herefordshire, England : Whittington Press, 1998
- Notes:
- "[An] edition of 200 copies ... 150 are half-bound in buckram and paper printed with a selection of Fell ornaments, and include four pages from the Prayerbook of 1913; 50 copies are similarly bound in Oasis leather, and include eight pages from the Prayerbook"--Colophon.
- Issued in a slipcase.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Whittington 19: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck in 2019. Copy number 121. In slipcase. Words "include four pages" underlined in pencil on colophon page. In slipcase.
- ISBN:
- 1854280449
- 9781854280442
- OCLC:
- 39680819
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