Giovanni Mardersteig 8.1.1892 – 27.12.1977

by Officina Bodoni

$40 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

First edition

London: The British Library, 1978. Folded sheet 240 x 165 . Portrait of Mardersteig. Original printed wrappers. Item #403306 FIRST EDITION, printing Mardersteig's dictum: A book consists of five elements: the text, the type, the ink, the paper, and the binding. To create a unity from these five elements in such a way that the result is not a passing product of fashion, but assumes the validity of permanent value –

• Binding: Wrappers

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