GARAMOND. ABCDE
by Zapf, Hermann
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Frankfurt / Main: D. Stempel A.G. [1953].. [1953].. Very good. - sc A 37-1/2 inch high by 24 inch wide type specimen broadside on creamy white paper depicting Hermann Zapf's Garamond font. The broadside depicts the Roman alphabet and numbers in Capital letters printed in black above and below the title "Garamond" which is printed in blue. Descriptive text about the type face, printed in blue beneath the alphabet, reads: "Die Garamond-Antiqua stammt von dem Pariser Stempelschneider Claude Garramond (1480-1561) und entstandt in der ersten Halfte des 16. Jahrhunderts. In der Helle und Grazie dieser Renaissance-Type kommt die Beweglichkeit romanischen Geistes zu vollendetem Ausdruck". There is soiling o the left edge of the broadside with 4 light vertical creases and with some minor small creases to the edges and corners. There are a couple of tiny spots. A beautiful typographic broadside.
From the estate of the calligrapher Paul Standard, a close friend of Zapf's, who has dated the broadside "1953" in pencil at the bottom.
RARE.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30383
- Title
- GARAMOND. ABCDE
- Author
- Zapf, Hermann
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frankfurt / Main: D. Stempel A.G. [1953].
- Date Published
- [1953].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- TYPOGRAPHY; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; HERMANN ZAPF; ALPHABET; NUMBERS; TYPEFACES; SPECIMEN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; FINE PRESS; BOOKMAN; D. STEMPEL; GARAMOND; TYPE; BROADSIDE; POSTER; RARE; ROMAN LETTERS; CAPITAL; LOWER CASE; UPPER CASE; 20TH CENTURY; TYPOGRAPHER; GERMA
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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