The Integrity of Printing; | from ‘Paragraphs on Printing’
[Toronto]: The Aliquando Press, [1983]. Octavo, 22.6 x 15.3 cm. Sewn with white thread into wraps of ochre Byronic Text paper. The upper cover is printed with the title, framed by a cartouche composed with printer’s ornaments, in red. Unpaginated [pp. 12]. A fine copy. “These words by Bruce Rogers are as valid today as on their publication more than forty years ago. The text was selected, designed and printed at The Aliquando Press, Toronto, using Ernst F. Detterer’s Nicolas Jenson type, with Poliphilus Titling and unidentified criblé initials.” Printed on Zephyr Antique paper. The borders and initials were printed in red. According to The Aliquando Century, about 180 copies were bound. The total edition of sheets, however, was much higher: “300 copies printed for the eighth annual conference of the American Printing History Association, 40 copies for the 1983 meeting of the Typocrafters, 100 copies for the 1984 Wayzgoose Anthology, the remainder for friends of the Press.” (The Aliquando Century, BK 56). Item #307
Price: $45.00