Alphabeticum
By: Werner Pfeiffer
Contributors: Pear Whistle Press
Publisher: Pear Whistle Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Red Hook, NY
Language: eng; ger; fre
Translated from: eng
Number of pages: 31
Copyright date: 1962
Notes: Artist's book, consisting of symmetric abstract designs, created by manipulating the 26 letters of the alphabet in various typefaces; printed on Stonehenge white paper and laid loose in a beige paper-covered clamshell case; pamphlet (entitled Addendum) is set into lower part of the case; issued in a brown cardboard slipcase.

"Some of the images are pulled from linoleum cuts, others are relief plates made from the original designs and drawings"--Colophon.

"Limited edition of 52 signed and numbered copies"--Colophon.

The "Addendum" shows "a sampling of some of the articles in the national and international design literature which reviews these works at the time when the project was first introduced. At the end are some biographical notes"--Addendum, p. [1].