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Design Category
Book design, 1999
Design firm
MIT Press Design Department (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Collection
(2000) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1999

Description

It was a definite challenge to select cover art from an array of wonderful maps. The colors and feel of the cover reflect those found on old maps.

Credits
Art director/designer: Yasuyo Iguchi
Illustrators: Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Captain John Smith
Photographers: Alex MacLean (cover and back flap), various (interior)
Production coordinator: Terry Lamoureux
Editors: Alex Krieger, David Cobb, Amy Turner
Trim size: 12 x 11 1/2 inches
Quantity printed: 20,000
Compositor: Yasuyo Iguchi
Typefaces: Garamond 3, Snell Roundhand
Printer: Meridian Printing
Jacket printer: Meridian Printing
Paper: 80# Pheno Star
Binder: Acme Book Binding
Binding method: Smythe sewn
Binding materials: Brillanta 4197
Endpapers: 65# Champion Carnival Cover
Publisher/client: The MIT Press