Feinberg, Sidney

Tebbel, John. A History of Book Publishing in the United States: Volume IV The Great Change, 1940–1980. New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1981. pp.454-461. Biographical information was also derived from the collection.

While stationed in England during World War II, American book designer and calligrapher Sidney Feinberg began his interest in calligraphy. Several of the letters in this collection are responses from noted American or British calligraphers to Feinberg’s inquiries about their work and how he might develop his calligraphic skills. Feinberg’s interest in and practice of calligraphy became a life-long avocation.

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