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A border specimen

Title
A border specimen / Claire Bolton.
Author
Bolton, Claire.
Publication
Marcham [Oxford, England] : Alembic Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Bolton, David (David John)
  • Alembic Press (Oxford, England) pbl prt
Description
107 p. : ill. (some col.), 3 mounted samples; 29 cm.
Subject
  • Monotype Corporation
  • Alembic Press (Oxford, England)
  • Type ornaments > Specimens
  • Printers' ornaments > Specimens
  • Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts)
Genre/Form
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Bembo (Monotype).
Note
  • "A limited and numbered edition of 180 copies of which numbers 1-20 are bound in leather and with extra samples tipped in"--Colophon.
  • "Text written and keyboarded by Claire Bolton in 12 point Bembo. Type and borders cast by David Bolton on Monotype composition and Super caster. Printed on a Vandercook No. 4 proof press on Rivoli paper at the Alembic Press, Hyde Farm House, Marcham, Oxford, England"--Colophon.
  • Printed in black and several colors.
  • Errata slip laid in.
  • Binding: Publisher's quarter dark blue cloth, gilt, and light blue paper boards, illustrated with a pattern of border specimens printed in dark blue.
Contents
Introduction -- The historic use of borders -- Specimens of founders' borders held at the Alembic Press -- Some history of Monotype borders -- Specimens of Monotype border matrices held at the Alembic Press -- Other Monotype borders for which the Press has no matrices -- Appendix 1: A chronology of Monotype border designs -- Appendix 2: Some designers of Monotype borders with year of design, matrix number and name -- Selective bibliography (p. 104-105).
Call Number
*KP (Alembic) 03-324
ISBN
0907482775
OCLC
  • 45145079
  • NYPG03-B4399
Author
Bolton, Claire.
Title
A border specimen / Claire Bolton.
Imprint
Marcham [Oxford, England] : Alembic Press, 2000.
Local Note
NYPL copy is no. "56/180."
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Added Author
Bolton, David (David John)
Alembic Press (Oxford, England) Publisher. Printer
Research Call Number
*KP (Alembic) 03-324
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