Pennsylvania German Bookplates

Pennsylvania German Bookplates

Richard Ellis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1953

Description

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1954)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer
Richard Ellis
Illustrations
From originals in ink, illuminated in watercolors and albumen
Author
Henry S. Borneman
Trim size
6 x 9.25 inches
Pages
236 (includes plates)
Quantity printed
1,200 copies
Price
$20.00
Typefaces
Monotype Garamont, 12/14, 11/13 (text), Monotype Deepdene (display)
Compositor
Curtis Publishing Company
Engraver
Lotz Photo-Engraving
Printers
George H. Buchanan Company (text), Curtis Publishing Company (illustrations and binding sides)
Printing method
letterpress, illustrations, four colors
Paper
Mohawk Superfine Smooth ivory, 80 lb. (text) Art Mat ivory, 80 lb. (illustrations)
Paper supplies
Raymond & McNutt Company, Bentley Paper Company
Paper manufacturers
Mohawk Paper Mills (text), Louis DeJonge & Company (illustrations)
Binder
Haddon Bindery
Binding supplies
Albert D. Smith & Co. (cloth)
Binding manufacturer
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company (cloth)
Binding
Three piece, red Oxford 6400 (spine), paper printed by offset in five colors, design from 1851 drawing (sides)
Stamping
genuine gold (spine)
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Society
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