Neuentdeckt.5 Garnituren Haenel Schrift . . . [wrapper title].

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  • Offenbach am Main:: Gebr. Klingspor,, [ca. 1933].
By [Type Specimens]. Gebr. Klingspor.
Offenbach am Main: Gebr. Klingspor, [ca. 1933]. First edition.. Some slight rubbing to the fragile wrappers; . Original die-cut coated wrappers (10.88 x 8.38 inches), [32] pages, spiral bound. Illus. Five order forms and a typescript circular from Klingspor laid in. A specimen designed by Waltter Cyliax, very much in the Bauhaus style, and published while he was an art director for the Fretz printing plant in Zurich: "He was one of the first designers in Switzerland to adopt the New Typography" (Getty Union List of Artist Names). Approximate publication date taken from an included sample of Haenel as a display type. OCLC notes four locations, all in Germany.

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