An account of the making of the 1999 Old School Press publication of Venice visited by Thomas Coryate (selections from his travel journal Crudites). "The text has been hand-set in Dante and Castellar and printed in the winter of 2022/23. The paper is hand-made laid, probably Kelmscott Antique made by Batchelor for the 'Bruce Rogers Lectern Bible' by Oxford University Press, a stock that came to us via the kindness of Whittington Press. The binding was executed by Ludlow Bookbinding."--Colophon. "There are three variants in an edition totalling 60 copies. The book itself is quarter-bound with bright yellow cloth on the spine, and a paper by Jemma Lewis (gold splatter on plum) on the boards. ... Variant A comprises the book and a selection of fifty-nine letterpress past ephemeral items from the Press in a clamshell archive box, together with a collection of 'overs' sheets from twenty-three past books also in a clamshell archive box, the two boxes held in a two-piece drop-front archive box ; variant B comprises the book and a selection of about forty letterpress past ephemeral items from the Press in a clamshell archive box, together with a collection of 'overs' sheets from about fifteen past books also in a clamshell archive box, the two boxes held in a two-piece drop-front archive box ; Variant C is the book on its own."--Old School Press website. Special Collections has Variant C, copy number 40/62. IaU Prospectus for Venice visited and sample leaf included in a pocket inside the back cover.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1390467098
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.