"Progress of American Typefounding! Marder, Luse & Company's Emancipation Proclomation to the Printers of the World, of the Abolition of Irregular Type Bodies! Mammoth Undertaking for the advancement of the Art Preservative! Perfection at last!" The Tamalpais Press, 1959
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, item: 8
Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents
Folded page with reproduction of handbill glued inside. Penciled in note on from states this is 1 of 75, and is dtaed 01/13/59. Back of pamphlet reads "This keepsake printed in edition of 75 copies by Roger Levenson for his friends of t he Roxburghe Club. The handbill is reproduced from an original donated to the Press by John Swingle of Berkeley. The presses used are Albions, one an 1846 Hopkins & Cope, and the other an 1869 Ulmer. The types used are Comstock, Original Old Style Italic, and Oxford with a Cincinnati initial. Done for fun."
Dates
- created: 1959
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