MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2005565236
003 DLC
005 20050422142926.0
008 050422s2002 it a 000 0 eng
010 $a 2005565236
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
041 0 $aeng$aita$agre
043 $ae-it---
050 00 $aZ250.A2$bR677 2002
100 1 $aRoss, John,$d1921-
245 10 $aTypopolis :$ba journey to the city of type /$cdesigned and printed by John Ross.
260 $a[Cornuda, Italy] :$bTipoteca Italiana fondazione ;$aEast Hampton, N.Y. :$bHigh Tide Press,$cc2002.
300 $a[23] p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c35 cm.
500 $aEdition of 25 copies.
500 $a"Almost all of the type is from the collection of the Tipoteca Italiana with ... a few fonts of type from the High Tide Press... The binding was completed by James DiMarcantonio of the Hope Bindery in Providence, Rhode Island"--Colophon.
500 $aAn accordion-folded work, issued in a binding of black linen with a recess on the front cover containing a simulated printer's type-block with the title printed backward in various colors, tan endpapers; issued in a matching black slipcase, one side covered with a wood-type letterpress full-color label; slipcase lined in green.
500 $aIllustrations were created from arrangements of wood type.
500 $aLC copy numbered 14, inscribed by John Ross.$5DLC
610 20 $aTipoteca italiana fondazione.
650 0 $aType and type-founding$zItaly.
650 0 $aType and type-founding$vSpecimens.
650 0 $aWood types (Printing)$vSpecimens.
700 1 $aDiMarcantonio, Jim,$ebinder.
710 2 $aTipoteca italiana fondazione.
710 2 $aHigh Tide Press.
710 2 $aPress Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC