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The Art of Printing 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This 7-3/4 x 9-3/4 inch broadside is printed two-colors on a handpress and hand set in Baskerville and Bulmer types. Franklin, the quintessential American patriot printer, lauds the power of the press. $9.50 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Paine & Franklin On Liberty
 
 
This 8-1/2 x 11 inch broadside is printed three-colors on a handpress and hand set in Baskerville, Bulmer, and Caslon types. These two quotations vividly contrast the perspectives of two of our most revered founding fathers. $9.50 

 

 
 
 
 

 
Erasmus
 
 
  

This 8-1/2 x 11 inch broadside is printed three-colors on a handpress and hand set in Frederic Goudy’s Italian Old Style and Franciscan. Although thought by some to be apocryphal, this charming quotation sums up a love of books and has long been a favorite of bibliophiles. $9.50

 

 

 


 
What are my books?

 

 

 

This 8-1/2 x 11 inch broadside is hand set in Cochin types and printed three colors on a hand press. This evocative tribute to the book compares the whole of life’s experiences to the treasures to be found in one’s own library. $9.50

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ars Artium

 

 

 

 

 

This 8-1/2 x 11 inch broadside is hand set in Janson and Caslon types and printed three colors on a handpress. The wood cut is by Jobst Amman and accurately depicts a circa 1560 printing office. The quotation comes from an inscription on a house once occupied by Lourens Janszoon Coster, the first Dutch printer. $9.50

 

 

 

 

 
 

Groucho

 

 

 

 

 

This 8-1/2 x 11 inch broadside is hand set in Craw Clarendon types and printed in two colors on a handpress. The wood type initial letter is overprinted with penline flourishes to form "Groucho’s" face. $9.50