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One hundred books famous in typography

Title
One hundred books famous in typography / by Jerry Kelly ; with a foreword by Sebastian Carter ; based on an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, New York, 2021.
Author
Kelly, Jerry, 1955-
Publication
  • New York : Grolier Club, 2021.
  • ©2021

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TextUse in library JFF 21-916Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

Details

Additional Authors
  • Carter, Sebastian
  • Grolier Club, host institution.
Description
333 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations, facsimiles; 31 cm
Subject
  • Books > History > Exhibitions
  • Printing > History > Exhibitions
  • Book design > History > Exhibitions
  • Type and type-founding > History > Exhibitions
  • Type and type-founding > Specimens
  • Type and type-founding
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
Note
  • "Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, 12 May through 31 July 2021"--Verso of title page.
  • "Lenders to the exhibition: American Type Founders Company Library & Museum at Columbia University ; Robert Bringhurst ; T. Kimball Brooker ; Laure Burns ; Sebastian Carter ; David R. Godine ; The Grolier Club Library ; Martin Hutner ; Jerry Kelly ; Nancy Leo-Kelly ; The Morgan Library & Museum ; David Pankow ; Rochester Institute of Technology/Cary Library."--page 23.
  • "Fifty typefaces famous in typography," pages 263-314.
  • "One hundred books famous in typography has been typeset in Palatino nova types designed by Hermann Zapf. Seven hundred and fifty copies printed on Cougar Opaque paper, of which twenty-six copies are specially bound and signed by the author. Design & typography by Jerry Kelly"--Colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-324) and index.
Call Number
JFF 21-916
ISBN
  • 9781605830940
  • 1605830941
OCLC
1255417222
Author
Kelly, Jerry, 1955- author.
Title
One hundred books famous in typography / by Jerry Kelly ; with a foreword by Sebastian Carter ; based on an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, New York, 2021.
Publisher
New York : Grolier Club, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-324) and index.
Added Author
Kelly, Jerry, 1955- book designer, curator, writer of introduction.
Carter, Sebastian, writer of foreword.
Grolier Club, host institution.
Research Call Number
JFF 21-916
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