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Hindman (Sandra L.), born 1944; Farquhar (James Douglas), born 1941
University of Maryland (College Park), Art Gallery

Pen to press : illustrated manuscripts and printed books in the first century of printing (catalogue of an exhibition held in the Art Department Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, 15 September-23 October 1977)

College Park, MD, University of Maryland Art Department, 1977
(26 cm), 234 pp., [39] leaves of plates (some in colour). Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Catalogue for a loan exhibition of books and manuscripts gathered to demonstrate the interplay of manuscript and printed book during the first century of printing from movable type. The checklist is enhanced by three essays, the first by Farquhar (The Manuscript as a Book) and the other two by Hindman (Cross Fertilization: Experiments in Mixing the Media; Authors, Artists, and Audiences). ¶ Gift inscription on half-title; a few annotations in margins. The white wrappers are finger-marked.

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