Albrecht Durer: Master Printmaker

Albrecht Durer: Master Printmaker

Carl Zahn, 1971

Description

Selections of Durer etchings, engravings and wood cuts are shown in various states and condition. Different states of same subject are compared as indication of Durer’s technique and as a guide to comparing quality of impressions
Special features:  All photography was done directly on offset camera from original Durer prints. Cover stamped in copper foil.

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1972)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Art director
Carl Zahn
Designers
Barbara Hawley, Carl Zahn
Illustrator
Albrecht Durer
Author
Department of Prints & Drawings
Size
8.75 x 11.5 inches
Pages
320
Quantity printed
edition of 4,000
Price
$27.50
Typeface
Linofilm Palatino, 9/12, with display in Linofilm Palatino Semi-bold
Typesetter
Wrightson Typographers
Printer
The Meriden Gravure Company
Printing method
Sheet-fed offset
Paper
Mohawk Superfine, 80 lb., Softwhite
Paper supplies
Carter Rice Storrs & Bement, Inc.
Binder
Robert Burlen & Son, Inc.
Binding materials
bound in Arkwright-Interlaken natural Finish Buckram, Black, on 88 pt. binder’s board
Binding method
Smythe-sewn, round and backed with headbands
Endpapers
Lindenmeyr Multicolor Heather
Jacket
Strathmore Cover, 50 lb., Snow White
Publisher
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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