China in the Sixteenth Century: The Journals of Matthew Ricci, 1583–1610

China in the Sixteenth Century: The Journals of Matthew Ricci, 1583–1610

Peter Oldenburg, New York, New York, 1953

Description

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

Credits

Designer
Peter Oldenburg
Translator
Louis J. Gallagher, S.J.
Trim size
6 x 9 inches
Pages
640
Price
$7.50
Typefaces
Linotype Caledonia 10/13 (text), Monotype Baskerville (display)
Manufacturer
Haddon Craftsmen
Printing method
letterpress
Paper
Standard White Wove Smooth
Paper supplies
Perkins & Squier Company
Paper manufacturer
P.H. Glatfelter Co.
Binding
Three piece, Kennett 1999 and 3630, black on spine, yellow-gray on sides, topstain Chinese red
Binding supplies
Albert D. Smith & Co. (cloth)
Binding manufacturer
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company (cloth)
Stamping
on spine and recto (red leaf and roll imitation gold)
Frontispiece
seventeenth-century copper engraving
Endpapers
black Tuscan Cover, 50 lb.
Publisher
Random House
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