GARAMOND. ABCDE.

Zapf, Hermann.

Published by Frankfurt / Main: D. Stempel A.G. [1953]. [1953]., 1953

About this Item

- sc A 37-1/2 inch high by 24 inch wide type specimen broadside on creamy white paper depicting Hermann Zapf's Garamond font. The broadside depicts the Roman alphabet and numbers in Capital letters printed in black above and below the title "Garamond" which is printed in blue. Descriptive text about the type face, printed in blue beneath the alphabet, reads: "Die Garamond-Antiqua stammt von dem Pariser Stempelschneider Claude Garramond (1480-1561) und entstandt in der ersten Halfte des 16. Jahrhunderts. In der Helle und Grazie dieser Renaissance-Type kommt die Beweglichkeit romanischen Geistes zu vollendetem Ausdruck". There is soiling o the left edge of the broadside with 4 light vertical creases and with some minor small creases to the edges and corners. There are a couple of tiny spots. A beautiful typographic broadside. From the estate of the calligrapher Paul Standard, a close friend of Zapf's, who has dated the broadside "1953" in pencil at the bottom.RARE. Seller Inventory # 30383

Bibliographic Details

Title: GARAMOND. ABCDE.

Publisher: Frankfurt / Main: D. Stempel A.G. [1953]. [1953].

Publication Date: 1953

Condition: Very good