Typopolis
Subtitle: a journey to the city of type
By: designed and printed by John Ross.
Contributors: DiMarcantonio, Jim, binder.; Tipoteca italiana fondazione.; High Tide Press.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Tipoteca Italiana fondazione; High Tide Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: [Cornuda, Italy]; East Hampton, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Tipoteca italiana fondazione.; Type and type-founding -- Italy.; Type and type-founding -- Specimens.; Wood types (Printing) -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Notes: Edition of 25 copies.
"Almost all of the type is from the collection of the Tipoteca Italiana with ... a few fonts of type from the High Tide Press... The binding was completed by James DiMarcantonio of the Hope Bindery in Providence, Rhode Island"--Colophon.
An accordion-folded work, issued in a binding of black linen with a recess on the front cover containing a simulated printer's type-block with the title printed backward in various colors, tan endpapers; issued in a matching black slipcase, one side covered with a wood-type letterpress full-color label; slipcase lined in green.
Illustrations were created from arrangements of wood type.
LC copy numbered 14, inscribed by John Ross.