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The Officina Bodoni. : The operation of a hand-press during the first six years of its work

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    Press: Officina Bodoni

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    The collection contains material from independent private presses and university presses from around the world, but the majority of the presses represented in the collection are from the United States. Types of materials include annoucements, correspondence, flyers, booklets, and catalogs. The collection also includes material from printing clubs including Grolier, William Morris Society, Moxon Chappel, Rounce and Coffin, Typophiles, and Zamorano.There are also catalogs and material relating to various type foundry companies such as Ludlow, Linotype, Bauer, and American Type Founders (ATF) as well as paper samples from Japan Paper Company, Linweave, and Worthy Paper Company.

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    Officina Bodoni ephemera collection of proofs and correspondence for the publication of "L'Oleandro", "San Zeno" and others

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    Ephemera, proof sheets and correspondence relating to the publication of the Officina Bodoni's "L'Oleandro" by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1936) and "San Zeno" (1937). The collection contains: 1. Five postcard size prints from pages of "L'Oleandro" (pp. 9, 12, 13, 18, 19); 2. Three proofs for "San Zeno" with annotations by Mardersteigh; 3. Manuscript letter from G. Mardersteig to Gunter Böhmer, dated 2 Okt. 60 (1 sheet); 4. Drawing by Gunter Böhmer, proof frontispiece and proof title page for v. 3 of the apparently unpublished "Tutte le opere di Giorgio Vasari" edizione critica nazionale; 5. Prospectus for "L'Oleandro"; 6. Twenty leaves of proofs for "L'Oleandro" printed on various papers and in different colors; 7. Suite of lithographs from "L'Oleandro" in blue on Japanese paper (1 of 5 suites issued); 8. Seven progressive proofs for "L'Oleandro" of water carrier and youth with donkey by Böhmer, illustration probably not used in final publication, final proof has a portrait of Mardersteig in lower right corner; 9. Fourteen proofs for "L'Oleandro" printed in blue; 10. Sixteen proofs for "L'Oleandro" printed in red-brown/sanguine.

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