Feder und Stichel: Alphabete und Schriftblätter in zeitgemäßer Darstellung; geschrieben von Hermann Zapf; in Metallgeschnitten von August Rosenberger.

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Title

Feder und Stichel: Alphabete und Schriftblätter in zeitgemäßer Darstellung; geschrieben von Hermann Zapf; in Metallgeschnitten von August Rosenberger.

Publisher

Frankfurt am Main: D. Stempel

Date

1949

Description

Feder und Stichel (“Pen and Graver”) is a writing manual designed by the great German type designer and calligrapher Hermann Zapf for the Stempel type foundry. Although the work was not published until 1949, Zapf designed the scripts in 1939-1941, and Stempel’s punchcutter, August Rosenberger, engraved them into metal plates during the war, at times taking his graver into the air-raid shelter. Zapf’s iconic Palatino type first appeared in the introduction to this work. This is one of only 80 copies produced for the 1949 first edition, all on Japanese paper. 

Source

Purchased in 2014 with Grolier Club Library Harper Funds