Spécimen Général des Fonderies Deberny et Peignot, Tome 1, n.d. [c. 1930s]. Paris, France. A brown and orange hardcover cloth with marbled endpapers, French text, 7.5 x 10.5 and n.p. [c. 460]. Richly illustrated throughout with black and white photography and some color featuring equipment, printing facilities and specimen pages
Rare, Volume 1. With a small paper label Index for both volumes stuck to the front endpaper. A short Preface about the company and illustrated pages featuring its’ founders and offices. Featuring (10) photographically illustrated section dividers about Deberny et Peignot: Services with Index, Printing Machines and Equipment, Materials and Tools, Signs (mathematics, coins and weights, astronomy, arrows, fists, music, games, numbers, intertwined initials, etc.), various Filets, Ancient Vignettes, New Vignettes, Drop Caps, Subject Silhouettes and the superb Wood Type!
A good hardcover printer’s specimen. With soiled and bumped covers and a 3” cracked front and rear bottom hinge resulting in a loose spine but not affecting the interior pages. Some wear to the tabbed index dividers and a few without their paper labels. A few marks on some interior pages. A rare French specimen; hard-to-find in the United States.