[SPECIMEN BOOK — FRETZ AG, ZÜRICH] Proben von Schriften mit Anwendungen. Fretz, Zürich. (1928) Arranged and designed by Walter Cyliax (1899-1945). Small folio, 12 x 9 inches, illustrated with numerous type specimens from early to modern, including black letter, publicity fonts, and color printing, publisher's gilt-stamped orange boards, finger soiled; lacks "plaudit" sheet as often encountered.
Number 168 of 1000 copies.
Ex-collection Dutch typophile Jan Tholenaar, with his bookplate.
A favorite work of Stanley Morison: "It is an exceedingly handsome work-the best printer's specimen that I have ever seen" — Appleton, Tony, The Writings of Stanley Morison, 1976, page 74.
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