The Florentine Fior di Virtu of 1491

The Florentine Fior di Virtu of 1491

Alan B. Kirschbaum, Washington, District of Columbia, 1953

Description

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

Credits

Designer
Alan B. Kirschbaum
Author
Lessing J. Rosenwald (introduction)
Translator
Nicholas Fersin
Trim size
6.25 x 9.5 inches
Pages
152
Quantity printed
3,000 copies (200 numbered)
Price
$2.50
Typefaces
Monotype Poliphilus Roman and Blado italic 16/16.5 (text), Monotype Bembo (display), 25 x 41 picas (type page)
Compositor
Westcott & Thomson
Engraver
American Photo-engraving Co.
Printer
Edward Stern & Co.
Printing method
letterpress, two colors
Paper
Rives Mould Made heavyweight buff
Paper supplies
Paper House of Pennsylvania
Paper manufacturers
Soc. Anon. des Papeteries de Rives, France (text), T.H. Saunders & Co., Ltd., England (binding)
Binder
National Publishing Company
Binding
White Invicta Parchment paper over flexible boards
Stamping
red and black ink (spine and recto)
Publisher
Library of Congress
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