The Typography of an Artist : Emil Rudolf Weiss – INCLINE PRESS LE 2012
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1wcarter
The Typography of an Artist : Emil Rudolf Weiss by Gerald Cinamon - INCLINE PRESS LIMITED EDITION 2012
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 36 of 250 copies
A copiously illustrated biography of the artist and typographer Emil Rudolf Weiss (1875-1942).
Signed by the binder Stephen Conway.
Letterpress printed text by Harry McIntosh of Speedspools, Edinburgh on Magnani paper.
Letterpress printed reproductions using polymer blocks on Zerkall and Hahnemuhle paper.
Studio portrait frontispiece and 125 other illustrations, almost all of which are tipped-in, many in colour, folding, or inserted and of several pages.
Red ribbon page marker.
Plain white endpapers.
Ragged page fore-edge.
Quarter bound in fawn unadorned Tyvek (synthetic vellum) with grey/brown paper-covered boards, ERW initials holding a quill in reddish-brown printed on the front cover.
Light brown canvas-backed slipcase with black caps and printed label on edge.
36.8x26.9cm.
178 pages
£275
This is an extraordinary book! I have quite a good collection of fine press books, but none of them have anything like 100+ tipped in letterpress printed illustrations, many of them multi-paged and on their own leaf stubs to allow opening. The book too sixteen years to make, and the quality shows throughout.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 36 of 250 copies
A copiously illustrated biography of the artist and typographer Emil Rudolf Weiss (1875-1942).
Signed by the binder Stephen Conway.
Letterpress printed text by Harry McIntosh of Speedspools, Edinburgh on Magnani paper.
Letterpress printed reproductions using polymer blocks on Zerkall and Hahnemuhle paper.
Studio portrait frontispiece and 125 other illustrations, almost all of which are tipped-in, many in colour, folding, or inserted and of several pages.
Red ribbon page marker.
Plain white endpapers.
Ragged page fore-edge.
Quarter bound in fawn unadorned Tyvek (synthetic vellum) with grey/brown paper-covered boards, ERW initials holding a quill in reddish-brown printed on the front cover.
Light brown canvas-backed slipcase with black caps and printed label on edge.
36.8x26.9cm.
178 pages
£275
This is an extraordinary book! I have quite a good collection of fine press books, but none of them have anything like 100+ tipped in letterpress printed illustrations, many of them multi-paged and on their own leaf stubs to allow opening. The book too sixteen years to make, and the quality shows throughout.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2GardenOfForkingPaths
>1 wcarter: It looks wonderful, thank you for your photographic review. The published price seems very reasonable for all the work that must have gone into this.
3SuttonHooPress
WOW . . . astonishing!
4ensuen
I’m happy this got a review, truly a lovely edition. My first couple of readings of readings I kept getting distracted by all of the illustrations, on the fourth reading or so I was able to keep focused long enough to read it.
The text itself is surprisingly good too. I’m not usually a big history book person, but I really enjoyed it.
The text itself is surprisingly good too. I’m not usually a big history book person, but I really enjoyed it.
5astropi
What a beautiful book! Does it also discuss Weiss' life? I read the Wikipedia article which is very limited in scope. He sounds like an interesting, talented, and good person.
6Glacierman
Thank you for this review! I lusted after this book ever since I first got a prospectus oh, so long ago. I was finally able to obtain a copy three years ago (my word...has it really been that long?) and was utterly blown away by this incredible book.
It spawned two associated booklets, one of which, The Visit is mentioned in the colophon and was included with the book. The other is The Anagnostakis pocket guide to Austrian, German and Swiss antiquarian bookdealers terminology which grew out of the research conducted for the Weiss book. It was also included with my copy of the same.
A clarification: Graham Moss did the letterpress printing at Incline using type set and cast by Harry McIntosh at Speedspools.
As a side note, Philip Driscoll, who set and printed the booklet The Visit for Graham, is the proprietor of Square Text Press in Clinton, Michigan. I have two books from that press in my collection, Auction of the Century. The sale of the American Type Founders Company, a rather depressing tale, and Three Christmas Memories, a delightful little book, the childhood memories of the author, Phillip Ambrosi, of Regina, Saskatchewan, another long-time letterpress printer.
On a final note, The Typography of an Artist : Emil Rudolf Weiss holds pride of place in my collection.
It spawned two associated booklets, one of which, The Visit is mentioned in the colophon and was included with the book. The other is The Anagnostakis pocket guide to Austrian, German and Swiss antiquarian bookdealers terminology which grew out of the research conducted for the Weiss book. It was also included with my copy of the same.
A clarification: Graham Moss did the letterpress printing at Incline using type set and cast by Harry McIntosh at Speedspools.
As a side note, Philip Driscoll, who set and printed the booklet The Visit for Graham, is the proprietor of Square Text Press in Clinton, Michigan. I have two books from that press in my collection, Auction of the Century. The sale of the American Type Founders Company, a rather depressing tale, and Three Christmas Memories, a delightful little book, the childhood memories of the author, Phillip Ambrosi, of Regina, Saskatchewan, another long-time letterpress printer.
On a final note, The Typography of an Artist : Emil Rudolf Weiss holds pride of place in my collection.
7ensuen
>5 astropi: His life as viewed by his published work. It includes some personal details surrounding each piece starting at age 20 or so.
8BorisG
>1 wcarter: Warwick, your reviews are a tsunami of enablement! Bought just now, can’t wait to get my copy (and can’t believe this kind of book is selling for this kind of price).
9Glacierman
A note about the binding.
Not all copies were bound at the same time, so several people have had their hand in binding this book. My copy was bound (& signed) by Graham Moss and there are others. This has led to several variant bindings. For example, my copy lacks the Weiss monogram in red on the front cover. The cover is plain, w/o any printing of any kind. This is due to Graham's having bound it much later than the pub date.
Graham would be able to clarify who all bound copies of this book. Right now, the book is again OP at Incline.
Not all copies were bound at the same time, so several people have had their hand in binding this book. My copy was bound (& signed) by Graham Moss and there are others. This has led to several variant bindings. For example, my copy lacks the Weiss monogram in red on the front cover. The cover is plain, w/o any printing of any kind. This is due to Graham's having bound it much later than the pub date.
Graham would be able to clarify who all bound copies of this book. Right now, the book is again OP at Incline.
10RubyStewart
It’s beautiful; I absolutely love it!
11ChestnutPress
The prospectus alone for this book was a superb little booklet in its own right. Such a great undertaking of a production from Incline!
12Glacierman
>11 ChestnutPress: Yes, and it is that little booklet that got me all fired up about it and lead to my eventually obtaining a copy.
