Collection concerning the publication of The triumphs of Francesco Petrarch ..., 1903-1941.

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Collection concerning the publication of The triumphs of Francesco Petrarch ..., 1903-1941.

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Includes: matrices for the Humanistic type, preparatory drawings and proofs for the typeface, specimen pages for the book, letters with suggestions for type design and layout, and proofs and advertising texts for the first book in the Humanistic Series.

3 boxes (1 linear ft.)

ita,

eng,

lat,

Houghton Library

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Houghton Library

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Boyd, Henry, -1832

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Biagi, Guido, 1855-1925

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University Press (Cambridge, Mass.)

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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 ...

Tolman Print-University Press.

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American Type Founders Company

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Orcutt, William Dana, 1870-1953

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American author and book designer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) and typewritten letter signed : Boston and Cambridge, to Mr. F. A. Duneka of Harper & Brothers, 1908 Feb. 16-1910 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611528 Dr. George F. Reynolds (1877-1964), noted Shakespearean and Biblical scholar, was professor of English literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He served as head of the Department of Comparative and ...

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

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Francesco Petrarca (b. July 20, 1304, Arezzo, Italy–d. July 19, 1374, Arquà, Italy), commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was a scholar and poet of Renaissance Italy who was one of the earliest humanists. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism. Petrarch would be later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca. Petrarch stduied law at the University of Montpell...