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Calligraphie et typographie de Hermann Zapf


Exposition Ecole Estienne, Paris: Calligraphie et typographie de Hermann Zapf
Calligrapher: Hermann Zapf (German, 1918–2015)
Publisher: Ecole Estienne (French, founded in 1886)
1963
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with calligraphic and typographic examples
Dimensions Overall: 23.9 x 16.6 x 0.8 cm (9 7/16 x 6 9/16 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Carl Zahn
Accession Number2007.1102
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Ecole Estienne, 1963

Description(Paris: Ecole Estienne, 1963) Quarto; [12 ff., plus 8 plates printed both sides]; publisher's original red cloth.

Calligraphy and typography
Signed Pen and blue ink on title: "Carl Zahn her[...] in V[...] gewidmet von Hermann Zapf"; card laid into volume: "For Carl and / Felicitas / with best wishes / * / Hermann"
ProvenanceCarl Zahn, by whom given to MFA, 2007
Copyright© Hermann Zapf