Die Officina Bodoni; Das Werkbuch einer Handpresse in den ersten sechs Jahren ihres Wirkens
Paris: Pegasusverlag, 1929. Masereel, Frans. First edition. Hardcover. 80 pages. 30 x 21.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 180 of 350 of the German edition on Lafuma Rag Paper in the original types of Giambattista Bodoni. Host of tipped-in specimen pages, plus twelve full page woodcuts by Franz Masereel printed recto only which illustrate the operations of the press, two pages of Officina Bodoni printer's marks printed in red black and blue and a five page list of Officina Bodoni book printed in the first six years of its existence. Laid-in, a German language prospectus for this edition, a prospectus in Italian for Dante's Vita Nuova, plus a priced listing and inventory of the first ten titles printed by Bodoni. Bookplate of Reinhold Scholem, offsetting of dust wrapper flap to free endpaper. Orig. cream cloth with Bodoni gilt logo front cover. Very good in nicked dust wrapper. Item #21303
Price: $750.00