Monsieur Teste

Monsieur Teste

Alvin Lustig, New York, New York, 1947

Description

Juror Notes

An appropriately Gallic and adventurous “mise en page.”

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1948)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer
Alvin Lustig
Authors
Paul Valéry, Jackson Mathews (note)
Translator
Jackson Mathews (from the French)
Trim size
6.25 x 9.25 inches
Pages
xiv, 94 pages
Price
$5.00
Typefaces
Monotype Bodoni, 11 pt., 4 pt. leading, Handlettering (display), A.T.F. Onyx (display), Type Measure: 24 x 42 picas
Compositor
Plimpton Press
Printer
Plimpton Press
Printing method
letterpress
Paper
Strathmore Wove (white)
Paper supplies
Schlosser Bros.
Binder
Plimpton Press
Binding materials
Cloth, Holliston Zeppelin 3175
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
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