Manuale Typographicum. 100 typographische Gestaltungen mit Aussagen uber die Schrift, uber Typographie und Druckkunst, aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, in achtsehn verschiedenen Sprachen. 100 typographical arrangements with considerations about types, typography and the art of printing selected from past and present, printed in eighteen languages

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Z-Presse, Frankfurt am Main & New York, 1968. (6), 100 specimens printed on the rectos only, plus lengthy notes and comments at the end and lists of typefaces, authors of the sample texts, translation into German pp.101-120 + colophon. A tour de force of book design, Manuale Typographicum contains 100 quotes on typography from an arbitrary assortment of writers and designers. 4to (31 x 21,5 cm). Vellum spine, grey silk boards lettered in gilt, spine blocked in gold, the letter ”P” with small loss of gold foil. No. 354 of 800 numbered copies signed by Hermann Zapf. Printed on Hahnemühle Kupferdruckpapier at Offizin Ludwig Oehms in China red & black. (Hermann Zapf & His Design Philosophy page 114).