Theodore Low De Vinne.
Contributors: Rollins, Carl Purington, 1880-1960.; De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914.
Series: Typophile chap books ;; 47
Publisher: Typophiles
Published: 1968
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Subjects: De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914.; Printers -- United States -- Biography.; Printing -- History.
Notes: Title from series t.p.
The preparation of this collection was begun in 1950 by Paul A. Bennett; printing was begun at the George Grady Press, Fairfield, Conn., and completed under the editorship of Melvin Loos by Harbor Press, New York.
Reprints. Rollins' essay originally appeared in Signature, n.s., 10 (1950); the checklist of De Vinne's writings, in the Grolier Club Yearbook, 1914; De Vinne's reflections, in Century magazine, Mar. 1896; the interview, in Scientific American, Nov. 14, 1903. The three essays in v. 2, all by De Vinne, are from Century magazine, June 1888, from Scribner's, Apr.-May 1880, and Scribner's, Oct. 1881.
"Five hundred copies have been printed"--Colophon.
Issued in a slipcase.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Theodore Low De Vinne / by Carl Purington Rollins ; together with a list of De Vinne's writings, his reflections on the Century typeface, and an interview with Mr. De Vinne at seventy-five; title: v. 2. Theodore Low De Vinne : reporter (The Plantin-Moretus Museum at Antwerp), printer (The growth of wood-cut printing), biographer (The first editor, Aldus)