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Object Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Hamady, Walter
Hilberry, Conrad
Hughey, Michael
Title
House
marks
Date
c1980
Press(es)
Perishable Press
Physical Description
[35] p.: ill.; 13 cm.
Subject(s)
Signs and symbols in art
Description
Calligraphy
by
Michael
Hughey
;
text
handset
by
Katherine
Kuehn
in
Enschedé
Spectrum
;
paper
is
Canterbury
from
Barcham
Green
(second
sheets)
;
edition
of
two-hundred
.
This
is
the
97th
book
of the
Perishable
Press
and
is
based
on the '
House-
and
holdings-marks
'
chapter
of
Rudolf
Koch's
"
Book
of
signs.
"
"
..
.
illustrations
were
done
by
using
an
em
square
,
which
is
a
piece
of
metal
spacing
used
in
type
setting
.
Ink
was
rolled
onto
glass
,
over
which
a
piece
of
tracing
paper
was
laid
.
Walter
Hamady
manipulated
the
em
space
,
drawing
with
it
, and
getting
the
rubbing
on the
back
side
of the
paper
. He
let
it
dry
and
hand
zinc
or
magnesium
plate
made
and
mounted
type
high
so
it
could
be
used
on the
letterpress."--Cf
.
Vamp
&
Tramp's
(vendor)
catalog
;
description
contributed
by
Mary
Laird
.
Letterpress
printing
.
Handmade
paper
.
Book Type(s)
Artists' books
Poetry
Binding
Sewn fold binding - paper cover
Process/Technique
Handmade paper
Letterpress printing
Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Hamady, Walter
Hilberry, Conrad
Hughey, Michael
Title
House
marks
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Image Description
A
textured
paper
cover
.
ImageID
artb57076A
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