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"The Modern Chappel Movement, or, at least, the MOXON Chappel", 1957 August

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, item: 5
Identifier: Item 5

Scope and Contents

6x7.5" chapbook, 8 unnumbered pages stapled together. "Printed by Elizabeth and Ben Lieberman, The Herity Press, Menlo Park, California, August 1957. This Keepsake has been produced as a companion piece to the facsimile reprint of Ancient Customs used in a Printing-House, from Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercies, 1683. Fifty copies have been printed for the companions of the Moxon Chappel. A subsequent 350 copies have been printed for the Typophiles, and another 100 copies for future use of potential new Chappels." Included with this chapbook is a hand written note stating "A Chappel is an informal organization of private-press printers. J. Ben Lieberman inaugerates a Moxon Chappel named for Joseph Moxon. Keepsake for typophiles 1957"

Dates

  • created: 1957 August

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections & University Archives Repository

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