University Press (Cambridge, Mass.)

This special limited issue of The triumphs of Francesco Petrarch, Florentine poet laureate / translated by Henry Boyd with an introduction by Doctor Guido Biagi, was published in 1906 in the United States by Little, Brown and Company, and in London by John Murray. It was printed at the University Press, Cambridge, Mass. from a Humanistic type designed by William Dana Orcutt (1870-1953). The type was developed especially for this series, the "Humanistic series." The type was hand-cut in steel at the American Type Founders Company.

From the description of Collection concerning the publication of The triumphs of Francesco Petrarch ..., 1903-1941. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612838253

This special limited issue of The triumphs of Francesco Petrarch, Florentine poet laureate, translated by Henry Boyd with an introduction by Doctor Guido Biagi was published in 1906 in the United States by Little, Brown and Company, and in London by John Murray. It was printed at the University Press, Cambridge, Mass., in a Humanistic type designed by William Dana Orcutt (1870-1953). Orcutt produced this typeface especially for this series that was to be known as the "Humanistic series," and this Petrarch volume was the first in the series. The type was hand-cut in steel at the American Type Founders Company.

From the guide to the Collection concerning the publication of, The triumphs of Francesco Petrarch ..., 1903-1941., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)