Extracts from an Investigation into the Physical Properties of Books…

Extracts from an Investigation into the Physical Properties of Books as they are at Present Published. by SOCIETY OF CALLIGRAPHERS. DWIGGINS, W.A. SIEGFRIED, L.B. < >
One of only 50 copies

~ Extracts from an Investigation into the Physical Properties of Books as they are at Present Published.

Boston Published for the Society of Calligraphers 1968

One of only 50 copies, this no. 41. Reprint of the 1919 edition by Dwiggins and Siegfried. Postscript by Ruari McLean, who describes the original text as a ‘gently savage attack on wrong ideas about book design’. Printed at the Meridien Gravure Company. 8vo., original sewn brown paper wrappers. A handsome copy.

Keepsake No. 83 of the Columbiad Club.

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