Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun. [Excerpt printed on a broadside from Orbis Typographicus.]

Published by Crabgrass Press, Prairie Village, Kansas, 1980

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Broadside, 9 x 12 in. The except from Walt Whitman's 1865 poem is set in the Optima typeface designed by Hermann Zapf and printed on cream Hosho-washi paper from Japan. Elegantly designed and executed, and beautifully printed, this broadside is one among 25 in the portfolio, "Orbis Typographicus," designed by Zapf, printed letterpress by Philip Metzger at his Crabgrass Press, and produced as a result of their 10-year collaboration. From one of 99 sets produced. A fine copy.

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Title
Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun. [Excerpt printed on a broadside from Orbis Typographicus.]
Author
Walt Whitman; Hermann Zapf (designer); Philip Metzger (printer)
Publisher
Crabgrass Press, Prairie Village, Kansas
Publication year
1980
Condition
Fine
Binding
Single sheet
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Private press and modern fine printing

George Ong Books

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