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Upon small types : the preface to brilliants / Theodore Low De Vinne.

Accession number
PML 252934
Creator
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914.
Published
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Traders Press, 1969.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
"Copyright 1969 Jack R. Levien"--Title page verso.
Printed name on colophon: "Jack R. Levien."
"This is a privately published book. H. O. Bullard, N. Y., set 6 point on 9 Optima. ... it was reduced to 4 point on 6 (or with 2 points leading). Optima was designed by Herman Zapf. ... Willis MacDonald Co., Inc. N.Y. printed the book offset. The paper is Olin's Waylite. ... T. C. Woolnough & Son, Ltd. in London, bound these sheets by hand ..."--Colophon
"This is number ... of 500 copies"--Colophon.
Library's copy is no. 11.
Description
xiv, 27, [7] pages : illustrations ; 59 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Publisher's signature in ink below colophon as issued.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Summary
"'Brillants', a miniature book was issued in 1888 by the DeVinne Press, its title came from the name of the type face that was used in its compositions, Brillant"--Page iv.
Binding
Red morocco with pictorial illustration in gilt. Housed in light brown tissue guard.
Classification
Department