[Bill Wittliff Collection] Hermann Zapf

Manuale Typographicum [Inscribed]

Hermann Zapf. Manuale Typographicum: 100 Typographical Arrangements with Considerations About Types, Typography and the Art of Printing Selected from Past and Present, Printed in Eighteen Languages. New York: Z-Presse Frankfort, 1968. Limited edition, No. 204 of 975 numbered copies.
Signed by Herman Zapf, with additional Inscription to Bill Wittliff: "For Bill Wittliff in recognition of his taste / and care in producing fine editions / Hermann Zapf / Austin, April 23, 1970."
Quarto. [118]pp (indexed). Fully illustrated, with typographic examples by Zapf.  Publisher's quarter parchment over brown silk-covered boards, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, original unclipped dust jacket. With two small prints signed by Zapf laid-in.

From the collection of Bill Wittliff, highly regarded book designer, typographer, photographer and screenwriter from Austin Texas, founder of the Encino Press.

Spine foxed and toned; light sunning to board edges; jacket toned, creased, and chipped. Very good. Item #2712

Price: $750.00