[A M D G Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam Press] Memory and her nine daughters, the muses, a pretext for printing cast into the mold of a dialogue in four chapters.
Book Description
Number 155 of 252 copies, set by Victor Hammer, printed by Carolyn Reading Hammer in Hammer’s American Uncial types. Printed by hand on laid paper, front and lower edge uncut. Large woodcut, repeated on dust wrapper, second woodcut on back cover, both of 'The front wall of the chapel in Kolbsheim. A diagram of measurements & auxiliary lines.'
Dealer Notes
Biographical sketch of Victor Hammer by Paul Standard (calligrapher) on dust jacket back flap.
Author
Hammer, Victor (Viktor)
Date
1957
Binding
Black and red printed handmade paper boards, large woodcut on back cover and spine printed in red.
Publisher
New York: George Wittenborn
Illustrator
Victor Hammer (1882-1967)
Condition
Near fine, save for pale blemish to lower edge of front cover, dustwrapper fine.
Pages
8vo (250 x 160), pp. [iv], iv, 107, [1]
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