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LAW-RELATED FINE PRESS BOOKS, UNITED STATES
Woolly Whale, 1940. x, 260 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Illustrated lining-papers. Gutenberg's seal on t.p. "[P]ublished in celebration of the 500th anniversary
of the invention of printing from movable types. The body matter is hand set in Bruce
Rogers' 14-point Centaur by George W. Van Vechten, Jr., while the presswork is by George C.
Montgomery. Only 660 copies have been printed" – colophon. "This basic source for the study of
Gutenberg contains Fuhrmann's study, facsimiles, and transcriptions of the original Alsatianlanguage
documents and translations of them into French, German, and English. The documents
were part of a trial for breach of contract." – Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Co. Call
no.: Z 126 F96 1940
THE OATH OF A FREE-MAN / with a historical study by Lawrence C. Wroth and a
note on the Stephen Daye Press by Melbert B. Cary, Jr. New York: Press of the Woolly
Whale, 1939. [14] p. : double facsim. ; 22 cm.
American Institute of Graphic Arts, Keepsake No. 60. "[A] historical study of the first production
of the first press to be set up in what is now the United States .... The text of the book
has been specially prepared by Lawrence C. Wroth ... To this, Melbert B. Cary, Jr., has added
a note on the Stephen Daye Press and a 'facsimile' of the Oath as he conceives it might
originally have been set (no copies hve ever been discovered) .The book is given as a keepsake by
The Press of the Woolly Whale, New York, Mr. Cary's private press, which is responsible for
the printing. The binding was contributed by George McKibbin & Son, Brooklyn, N.Y." – laidin
sheet. Call no.: F 67 O36 1939
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
EULOGY OF JUDGES / Written by a lawyer, Piero Calamandrei ; translated by John
Clarke Adams and C. Abbott Phillips, Jr. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1942.
[xii], 121 p. ; 22 cm.
Translation of: Elogio dei giudici (2nd Italian ed.). Call no.: K 2146 C34 1942
THE PRINTERY
BY A VOTE OF CONGRESS: BEING THE TEXT OF A LETTER DATED JUNE 18,
1775, FROM JOHN ADAMS TO ELBRIDGE GERRY: CONTAINING A FACSIMILE
OF THE ORIGINAL LETTER IN THE COLLECTION OF WASHINGTON UNI-
VERSITY, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE
EVENTS PRECEDING THE LETTER / by Randolph K. Tibbits. Kirkwood [Mo.]: The
Printery, MCMLXXVI [1976]. 35 p. : ill. (1 fold.) ; 26 cm.
"[H]andset in Caslon and Janson types and printed damp by hand on Arches Text Laid. The
facsimile of John Adams' letter was reproduced by offset lithography on Warren's Old Style
Laid. ... [B]ound in leather with English Cockerell marbled paper sides. The edition is limited to
145 copies and has been arranged by printed by Kay Michael Kramer at The Printery" – colophon.
Call no.: E 259 T52 1976
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