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Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typefaces, Examples of Lettering, and Drawings.
Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typefaces, Examples of Lettering, and Drawings.
Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typefaces, Examples of Lettering, and Drawings.
Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typefaces, Examples of Lettering, and Drawings.
Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typefaces, Examples of Lettering, and Drawings.
Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typefaces, Examples of Lettering, and Drawings.

Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typefaces, Examples of Lettering, and Drawings.


One of 80 special copies containing six specimens of fine printing by Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, signed by her at the colophon. Introduction by Hans A. Halbey. With four-page descriptive list of color illustrations depicting Zapf von Hesse’s bookbindings, typefaces, and calligraphy laid in. In 1991, she became only the second woman to receive the Frederic W. Goudy award for typography.


Description: Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typefaces, Examples of Lettering, and Drawings.

West New York, New Jersey: Mark Batty, Publisher, 2002. 221, [1]pp. Sm. Folio. with 6 original specimens in a separate portfolio. Color illustrations. Fine in publisher’s cloth and slipcase.

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Price: $350.00

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