Victor Hammer's Tasso, 1939
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Heading: (Hammer, Victor)
Author: Tasso, Torquato
Title: Ventiquattro Sonetti di Torquato Tasso
Place Published: [Vienna]
Publisher:L'Insegna del Santuccio
Date Published: 1939
Description:
Author: Tasso, Torquato
Title: Ventiquattro Sonetti di Torquato Tasso
Place Published: [Vienna]
Publisher:L'Insegna del Santuccio
Date Published: 1939
Description:
34, [1] pp. Text in Italian. (Small 4to) 22.5x16.5 cm (9x6½"), original boards, paper spine label, plain paper jacket with paper label on spine. Printed by Victor Hammer. One of fifty copies.
A pre-war work from Austrian master type-designer and printer Victor Hammer (1882-1967). In 1939 Hammer would flee the Nazis leaving his fonts and tools in Vienna. Immigrating to America he would have a profound influence on the private press movement.
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Victor Hammer's Tasso, 1939
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