Italic type, Printers' marks, Early printed books, Silvae (Statius, P. Papinius), Rare books, Achilleis (Statius, P. Papinius), Colophons, Works (Statius, P. Papinius), Bookbinding, Epic literature, and Thebais (Statius, P. Papinius)
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Call Number: PA6697 A2 1502
Extent:
592 unnumbered pages ; 4 x 6 cm
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Italic type. Printer's device, sig. ep8s (last group of small letters), recto: anchor and dolphin, with name Aldus, and dots. Spaces with guide letters left blank for initials.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Early Printed Books and Book Arts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
poetry, books, and epic poetry
Date Digitized:
2024-01
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.
Works. and Ex Plauti Comoediis. XX. Quarum carmina magna ex parte in mensum suum restituta sunt M.D.XXII. Index uerborum, quib. paulo abstrusiorib. Plautus utitur. Argumenta singularum Comoediarum. Authoris uita. Tralatio dictionum graecarum.
Subject:
Colophons, Drama, Printers' marks, Italic type, Latin drama (Comedy), Comedy plays, Latin drama, and Bookbinding
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Call Number: PA6568 A2 1522
Extent:
14 unnumbered pages, 284 leaves ; 15 x 21 cm
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Errors in foliation: leaves 39 misnumbered as 32, 104 as 108.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Book Arts Collection and Early Printed Books
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
books and comedy plays
Date Digitized:
2024-01
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.
Penguin (Firm), Printing, Women type designers, Decorative paper, Friedlander, Elizabeth, 1903-1984, Type and type-founding, Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts), Curwen Press, Graphic design (Typography), Type designers, and Women typographers
Copyright Pauline Paucker, 1998. This item is made available on this site for research and private study. For all other uses please contact University of Victoria Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives.
Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Call Number: Z250 A2P38 1998
Extent:
92 pages ; 33 cm
Geographic Coverage:
England and Great Britain
Coordinates:
52.16045, -0.70312 and 54, -2
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Includes illustrations, facsimiles, and portraits. Erratum pasted in by publisher on page 2. "Gorton, Shorrock & Davies of Ancoats printed [selected] colour plates. ... The patterned paper samples on pages 40 and 85 to 90 are originals printed at Curwen Press. The wood-engravings on pages 80 to 82 are printed from the original wood at Incline Press."--Colophon. Binding: Hardbound in buckram with a Curwen patterned paper; contained in a slip-case. Library copy is number 83 of 325; signed by the author.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Book Arts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
books, specimens, borders (ornament areas), , and biography (general genre)
Date Digitized:
2020-10-19
Technical Note:
Scanned 19- Oct 2020 on TTI/Betterlight (600DPI TIFF; 1/20; 283; bent 5 tone profile). Metdata by DS
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
lanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 5476, Special Collections Call Number: PS1608 A2 1906, and Tidcombe, M. Doves Press, DP8
Extent:
311 pages ; 24 x 17 cm
Geographic Coverage:
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Flexible vellum binding, with some warping. Stamp "The Doves Press" on bottom inside back cover. Small bookplate "Marion C. Walker, her book." Initials printed in red throughout along with names of characters (pages 212-214). Enclosure: order form for another book loose inside front cover.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Book Arts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
essays and books
Date Digitized:
2023-12
Technical Note:
Scanned on PLUSTEKOptickbook A300 at 600 dpi, no color correction by PD. Most images straightened after scanning, when cropped and resized for Vault. In various places throughout, the ribbon used for binding is visible in the inner margins. Metadata by KD.
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Resource Type:
Text
Extent:
1 page ; 26 x 21 cm
Geographic Coverage:
Ireland--Dublin
Coordinates:
53.38046, -6.27113
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Handwritten in black ink. Letterhead in green text: "Embroidery .. Lily Yeats. Hand Press .. Elizabeth C. Yeats. Dun Emer Industries Ltd. Dundrum, Co. Dublin, Ireland."
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Book Arts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
manuscripts (documents), correspondence, and letters (correspondence)
Archival Item Identifier:
Accession Number: 1997-015
Fonds Title:
Lily Yeats collection
Fonds Identifier:
SC326
Is Referenced By:
Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/lily-yeats-collection
Date Digitized:
2023-12-01
Technical Note:
Scanned on PLUSTEK OpticBook A300 Plus (600DPI; 1 letter) by PD. Metadata by KD.
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Call Number: PR5080 L85 1893
Extent:
150 pages ; 20.5 x 14.5 cm
Geographic Coverage:
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Original limp vellum binding. Printed in red and black. Full woodcut border, and numerous 10-line and smaller initials. Wood-engraved frontispiece designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Printed in Kelmscott Chaucer type. In 2 pts., each with special t.p. and colophon; pt. 2 has title and colophon: L'ordene de chevalerie, with translation by William Morris. Printer's device below colophon of each work. Narrow yapp edges, silk ties threaded through cover, spine lettered in gilt.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Book Arts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
wood engravings (prints), early works, engravings (prints), poetry, printer's marks, books, borders (ornament areas), and colophons (parts of books)
Date Digitized:
2024-02
Technical Note:
Scanned on Betterlight TTI 600 dpi TIFF (1/20; 246; copy4 tone; camera height 1000) by LG. Metadata by KD.
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Call Number: PR5904 I6 1903
Extent:
63 pages ; 14.5 x 20.5 cm
Geographic Coverage:
Ireland
Coordinates:
53, -8
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Some text printed in red. Includes signatures. Bound in vellum with green cloth ties; title and author tooled in gold on cover; gilt edges.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Book Arts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
poems, poetry, printer's marks, books, colophons (parts of books), signatures (names), and plays (literary genre)
Date Digitized:
2024-02
Technical Note:
Scanned on PLUSTEK OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi; color) by LG. Metadata by KD.
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Resource Type:
Text
Extent:
9 pages ; 21 x 28 cm
Geographic Coverage:
Ontario--Toronto, Alberta--Calgary, Alberta--Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Québec--Montréal, Québec, British Columbia--Vancouver, and British Columbia--Victoria
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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Call Number: PQ2067 V43 1786
Extent:
8 unnumbered pages, 156 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : samples ; 13 cm
Geographic Coverage:
France
Coordinates:
46, 2
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Bound in green and black mottled paper ; housed in a green two-fold folder of green cloth with gilt titling on spine ; in a slipcase of marbled paper covered boards., Vignette on title page: Papillon sculp. 1 print : woodcut ; 3 x 3 cm. -- Tailpieces., and Enclosures: Bookseller's descriptions.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Book Arts Collection
Provenance:
Gift of the Estate of Dr. Alexander Sokalski, 2018.
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
specimens, poems, correspondence, books, and sample books
Date Digitized:
2018-03-06/2018-03-08
Technical Note:
Item received from SCUA 6Mar2018 - scanned 6-8 Mar2018. Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF -- camera height 500 1/20; 288 ISO; AdobeRGB1998.icc/bent5 tone profile. Enclosures scanned on Plustek Opticbook A300 at 600 dpi TIFFs. Digitization by PDW. Metadata by KD.
Early women type designers in 20th-century book history
Subject:
Women, Graphic design (Typography), Women type designers, History, Book designers, Zapf von Hesse, Gudrun, 1918-2019, Type and type-founding, Henning, Hildegard, 1888-, Schüle, Ilse, 1903-1997, Books, Printers' marks, Friedlander, Elizabeth, 1903-1984, Type designers, Book design, Ballé, Maria (Graphic designer), Baruch, Franzisca, 1900-, Typographers, Type designers--Biography, and Printing
Huculak, J. Matthew, 1975-, Digital Direct Printing (Victoria, B.C.), Williams, Stefani, Alexander, Renée, Jenstad, Janelle, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
This essay and accompanying type specimen portfolio were completed as the major research project for a Master of Arts Degree in English at the University of Victoria. Both were created for research and educational purposes and are non-commercial products.The copyrights for all images reproduces in this volume are reserved by the original owners, and the images therefore may not be reproduced, stored, or transmitted without permission of the copyright owner. Contact the author of this project at laurendegainwriting@gmail.com if you would like info on how to request permission from copyright holders.
Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Call Number: Z250 A2D44 2021
Extent:
90 pages ; 30 cm
Geographic Coverage:
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Publisher's mark on page four of cover., Issued in folder with double pocket; accompanied by five sets of examples, each set printed on individual broadsheet., Some colour illustrations and portraits., and Essay booklet, type specimens, and folder constructed out of Strathmore Premium Wove 80-pound cover stock in Desert Haze.
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Book Arts Collection
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
essays, books, biographies (literary genre), typefaces (type forms), type specimens (documents), and booklets
Date Digitized:
2022-02-03
Transcript:
Introduction -- Elizabeth Colwell (1881-1961) -- Hildegard Henning (b. 1888) -- Friedel Thomas (1895-1956) -- Maria Ballé (?-?) -- Franzisca Baruch (1901-1989) -- Galina Andreevna Bannikova (1901-1972) -- Ilse Schüle (1903-1997) -- Elizabeth Friedlander (1903-1984) -- Gudrun Zapf von Hesse (1918-2019) -- Anna Maria Schildbach (1924-?).
Technical Note:
Scanned on BetterlightTTI at 600 dpi (cover and pages: 1/20; 263; copy4; camera height 650; booklet: 1/20; 283; copy4; camera height 650; scanned under glass) by PD. Metadata by KD.