Frankfurt am Main.: D. Stemple A.G., 1954.. [4]pp,[100 leaves printed on rectos only],[8]pp. Oblong quarto (23 x 31 cm). Gilt lettered vellum backed blind-lettered boards. Printed in black and red. About fine, without slipcase, First edition of one of the masterful displays of Zapf's typographic art, printed in an edition of 1000 copies by Heinrich Egenolf in red and black at Stempel's House Printing Office. The contents present an array of texts in 16 languages in contemporary and historic types from the Stemple cases. Inserted in a sleeve on the rear pastedown is the sewn pamphlet printing German translations of the 100 texts.

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Bookseller: William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: WRCLIT87720
Title: MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM
Author: Zapf, Hermann
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Stemple A.G.
Place of Publication: Frankfurt am Main.
Date Published: 1954.

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Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Vellum: Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...