Liber librorum 1955

Author(s)

• Rogers, Bruce
• Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
• Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)

Bibliographic Information

Liber librorum 1955

Distributed by the Royal Library, 1956]

Note

"A common manifestation on the part of leading book designers all over the world to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Gutenberg 42-line Bible. Each participant has designed and printed ... his individual solution of the typographic problem of the Bible ... Two hundred copies are presented to leading libraries, churches and other learned institutions in various countries. Five hundred copies are for sale ... A set of photographs showing most of the participating designers ... is included in those sets which are presented to libraries, museums and other learned institutions"--P. [1]-[2] of pamphlet

Title from pamphlet cover

Contains 1 unpaged pamphlet, 42 printing specimens, and (in 200 of the 700 copies) 33 portraits

LC (in Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection) has an additional specimen, designed by Maximilien Vox, which was apparently submitted too late to be included in the portfolio

Details

• NCID: BA65564876
• LCCN: 56041768
• Country Code: sw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: [Stockholm
• Pages/Volumes: 1 portfolio
• Size: 35 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Z127.A2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Gutenberg Bible
  • LCSH : Bible -- Publication and distribution
  • LCSH : Printing -- Specimens