Creator
Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
Title
A Letter to a Friend upon the Occasion of the Death of his Intimate Friend; edited with a postscript by Geoffrey Keynes
Coverage
Boston
Publisher
D.R. Godine
Date
1971
Subject
Edition of 750
Description
After a period of revival of the Fell types at the Oxford University Press in the first half of 20th century, interest began to wane. David Godine’s 1971 edition of Sir Thomas Browne’s Letter to a Friend may be the last book from the Press to use Fell cast from the original matrices. It was set by hand and printed by Vivian Ridler, printer to the University. Fell was used occasionally thereafter for ephemeral pieces until the printing house closed in 1989.
Source
Purchased 2019
Relation
Photo credit: Nicole Neenan