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Le Chevallier Tondal

Books

Identifier:FA.OSS2.1208

Collection:Fine Art Collection

Creation dates:1999

printed under the direction of: Kitty Maryatt

published in association with: Scripps College Press

Subjects: artists' books, letterpress printing, typography

Description:Bound in wood boards with gold string and brass clasp. Modern Finn-ply with Burgundy red coating. Binding reflects laced-in wood board covers of the period when Tondal was written. Printed on Mohawk Superfine 80 lb. cover, intended to hint at vellum. Hand-set text in Scripps College Old Style as well as other fonts. Illustrations cut from linoleum and printed by letterpress.