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Canticle of
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Francis of Assisi’s early masterpiece of Italian poetry. On creamy handmade paper and on sheepskin parchment. |
Selections from the great Italian poet’s letters. Hand printed in three editions: On mouldmade paper, on handmade paper, and on sheepskin parchment. |
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and me, takes us together…” Rainer Maria Rilke |
with charity for all..” Abraham Lincoln |
The dates of this year’s CODEX International Book Fair and Symposium fall near to two important events: The anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth on February 12th, and the celebration of St. Valentine’s Day on the 14th. More…
In 2007, the first CODEX bookfair gathered together an impressive congress of the world’s finest private presses, book artists, artisans, curators, collectors, and scholars. This year’s CODEX International Book Fair and Symposium is coming soon, from February 10 through 13, 2013 at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, California. Among this fine company of over 180 international printers and book artists, we are glad to have our place. We hope you will come find us there! More…
IN OCTOBER 2010 the Press acquired its own Monotype Thompson typecasting machine, along with dozens of series of matrices, the small recessed molds for the three-dimensional letterforms that are the essence of letterpress printing. Our Thompson caster will give us more control over the ‘fit’ and appearance of the types we use in our handmade books, and it opens up the possibility for designing our own typeface. More…
