[Rarebooks] FS: Dard Hunter, Jr.'s recreation of a 15th century typeface

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Hunter, Dard, Jr.   A SPECIMEN OF TYPE. An Experiment in Tyepfounding by 
Employing the Same Methods and Materials Used During the Earliest Centuries of the 
Craft. Cambridge, MA: Paper Museum Press. 1940. Folio (16-1/2” x 12”). 
ff.(6). Illustrated with a specimen leaf printed in black and red, and one engraved 
collotype plate (depicting the tools and molds used to reproduce the look of 
a 15th century typeface). Woodcut printer’s device on title. Edition limited 
to 100 numbered copies signed by Dard Hunter, Jr.   and printed on his father’s 
handmade paper from the mill in Lime Rock, Connecticut. Blue paper wrappers, 
stabbed & tied at inner margin, paper label mounted on front cover. Fine.     
$350.00 (trade discount allowed)

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