On the Beauty of Writing & Printing, Karl Klingspor,

TITLE:  Uber Schonheit von Schrift un Druck (On the Beauty of Writing & Printing; by Klingspor, Dr. Karl.

PUBLISHER: Frankfurt am Main: Georg Kurt Schauer, 1949, Frankfurt am Main, 1949. 1St. Ed

BINDING/FORMAT; gilt embossed black cloth-backed boards, printed labels,  4to, 7 ¼ x 10 ¼". 

PAGES;  156pp.

ILLUSTRATIONS; Tipped-in Portrait and various typographic showings

CONDITION:  Very good, dj chipped at top & bottom of spine, mylar protector;

DESCRIPTION:  The text is in German set in black-letter. Relates the experiences of a fifty year career at the Klingspor Tpfy. Tipped-in Examples, Fold Outs, facsimile Title Page, calligraphic alphabets, Type Examples. Showings of many  types; some by Dr Klingspor (family who owned the typdfoundry), of Rudolph Koch and many others who worked for/with the Foundry. Printed in many colors. RARE in USA.

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