Jenson's Greek
Subtitle: a book
By: by Alan Loney ; with hand-drawn letters by Deirdre Hassed
Contributors: Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480; Hassed, Deirdre, illustrator; Schmelzer, Barbara, binder; Cartiere Enrico Magnani; Cave Paper (Firm); Electio Editions
Publisher: Electio Editions
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Malvern East, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Will; Fine books; Specimens; Greek language; Lettering
Other titles: I, Nicolas Jenson, alien, & printer of books; Nicolas Jenson, alien, and printer of books
Description: "This work has its origins in an abandoned printing of Nicolas Jenson's last will and testament, illustrated with Jenson's Greek letters... The quotation used in Jenson's Greek is from Noctes Atticae by Aulus Gellius, printed by Jenson in Venice in 1472. The 'poems' on pages 19, 29 and 39 are made from words & phrases of Jenson's will translated by Pierce Butler for the Ludlow Typograph Company 1928. The quotation from Jenson's Greek is from Noctes Atticae by Aulus Gellius, Venice 1472.... The enlarged letters, in their sequence here, are gamma, phi, delta, sigma-theta (double letter), psi, & pi"--Foreword.
Notes: Limited standard edition of 26 copies, with 22 for sale.

"This book is designed, printed & bound by Alan Loney. The hand-drawn Greek letters are done by Deirdre Hassed, & printed from magnesium blocks made by Hitech Allgraphics, Melbourne. Types are Dante, New Hellenic, Open Kapitalen, printed on damped Magnani mouldmade paper on a Pratt-Albion handpress. Binding is a Keith Smith non-adhesive with Cave handmade paper printed & sewn at the press, with boxes made by Duncan Packaging, Melbourne."--Colophon.

Binding: bound by Barbara Schmelzer in three sections in long stitch with inner vellum spine support. Tangerine (warm orange color) gelatin-sized flax handmade card covers, with red and silver lettering. Issued in blue linen clamshell case (27 x 18 x 3 cm). Handsewn in brown linen thread.

Title printed in red and black, section titles and headings printed in silver and yellow.

New Zealand author and printer.

Rare Book copy: No. 9; signed by the designer.

In English with some Greek.