[Rarebooks] FS: 2 on Oldrich Menhart, Czech type designer, calligrapher

[Nina W. Matheson]

For your consideration :


66896.   Menhart, 1897-1962 [specimen book of types designed by Oldrich 
Menhart].   [Bloomington, Indiana, Department of Fine Arts at Indiana 
University, 1966]. Four wrappered parts in publisher's box. The wrappered 
parts are bumped at the head of the backstrip and upper corners, otherwise 
fine. The box is rubbed, worn at the head and foot of the backstrip and 
corners, and cracked at one edge. Printed as a memorial tribute to the 
Czech artist and typographer Oldrich Menhart by graduate students in the 
Department of Fine Arts under the direction of George Sadek. The colophon 
is signed by Charles Gailis, one of the graduate students, 10/28/89. The 
part titled "Menhart / 1897-1962" has text "On Oldrich Menhart: 1897-1962" 
by Paul Standard. The other three parts are titled Unciala, Figural, and 
Monument (types designed by Menhart). One of 144 numbered copies. Robert 
Elwell's copy with his book-plate on the inside front wrapper of the part 
titled "Menhart / 1897-1962". Carbon of a t.l.s. from Paul Bennett to 
George Sadek about the book laid in.   $250.00

66897.   Menhart, Oldrich.   Evening conversations of the booklover 
Rubricius and the printer Tympanus.   Prairie Village, Kansas, The Crabgate 
Press, 1980. Original quarter vellum and marbled paper boards. Fine. 59 pp. 
Errata slip tipped to p. 59. One of 100 copies. A craft-related writing by 
Czech type designer, calligrapher, and book designer Oldrich Menhart. 
Binding by Fritz Eberhardt.   $75.00