Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Herbert Bittner, New York, New York, 1952

Description

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1953)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer
Herbert Bittner
Illustrator
Maria Bittner (vignette on title-page)
Calligrapher
Fritz Kredel (on spine, redesigned after Piranesi)
Author
A Hyatt Mayor
Size
8.5 x 11 inches
Pages
178 (includes plates)
Price
$12.00
Typefaces
11/14 Linotype Baskerville (text), ATF Bulmer (display)
Compositor
Anthoensen Press
Printers
Anthoensen Press, Meriden Gravure (plates)
Printing methods
letterpress (title-page in two colors), offset (plates)
Paper
Curtis Colophon
Paper supplies
Stevens-Nelson
Binder
Russell-Rutter
Binding materials
cloth over boards, Holliston Buckram
Stamping
genuine gold
Publisher
H. Bittner and Company
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