Imprimerie

2004 · 76827 — Claremont CA: Scripps College Press 2004. First edition. One of 100 copies signed by the head of the Press Kitty Marryat and seven of the students involve in the making of this book. Oblong folio 16 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. 40 pp. with text and poems printed in various inks and 24 woodblock illustrations and 12 original photographs of food tipped in. Publisher's cloth spine over purple and silk covered boards. A very nice copy.Scripps College Press wass founded in 1941 and the commissioned a new typeface from the venerable Frederick W. Goudy. Early instructors were Ward Ritchie Joseph Foster and Christy Bertelson. "In 1986 Kitty Maryatt became the director of the Press and instituted a new program of collaborative class books. Two letterpress books are produced each year by the Typography class. The class supported by the Press is entitled Typography and the Book Arts. Students from all five of the Claremont Colleges are allowed to attend under the premise that all students will learn the highest standards of typography and printing by publishing their own books. These neophyte students are asked to write on a given subject make imagery design the layout hand set the metal type print the book by letterpress and bind the edition of about 100 copies all in one semester" Scripps College. Scripps College Press hardcover