Liber librorum 1955.
Contributors: Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress); Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Distributed by the Royal Library
Published: 1956
Place of publication: [Stockholm
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 42
Subjects: Bible -- Publication and distribution.; Gutenberg Bible.; Printing -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Notes: "A common manifestation on the part of leading book designers all over the world to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Gutenberg 42-line Bible. Each participant has designed and printed ... his individual solution of the typographic problem of the Bible ... Two hundred copies are presented to leading libraries, churches and other learned institutions in various countries. Five hundred copies are for sale ... A set of photographs showing most of the participating designers ... is included in those sets which are presented to libraries, museums and other learned institutions"--P. [1]-[2] of pamphlet.
Title from pamphlet cover.
Contains 1 unpaged pamphlet, 42 printing specimens, and (in 200 of the 700 copies) 33 portraits.
LC (in Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection) has an additional specimen, designed by Maximilien Vox, which was apparently submitted too late to be included in the portfolio.