Gutenberg’s Invention; The True and Amazing Story of the Invention of Printing is now Related in this Delectable Manner. Marlborough, N.Y., The Village press, 1929.

File — Box: 17, Folder: 6

Identifier: Subseries 3.1.

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Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains examples of works set and/or printed by Frederic W. and Bertha M. Goudy at the Village Press. The materials do not include works written by Goudy himself, (which are in Series 1, Subseries 1.1. The materials consist largely of broadsides, handbills, and other short works, as well as proofs and imperfect printer's sheets of sections of several larger works. The materials are arranged chronologically by date of setting or printing, as set out in Melbert B. Cary, Jr., A Bibliography of The Village Press (New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1938). The reference "Cary no. ..." in the notes refers to the number assigned to this work by Cary.

Dates

Creation: 1929.

Creator

From the Collection: Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947 (Creator, Person)

Language of Material

From the Collection:

The materials in the collection are in English.

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research with permission from Ella Strong Denison Library staff.

Extent

2 copies.

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Copy 1 gift of Joseph A. Foster, 1947 September 10.

Physical Description

Broadside.

Note

Cary no. 188; no. III A 14. "[R]eprinted, by hand, in 11 different types of Mr. Goudy's design, to suit various tastes, by Friedrich and Bertha [Goudy] for their friends ..."