Typography Tuesday
This past Friday we brought you a work by one of the founders of the modern fine-press movement in San Francisco, John Henry Nash. This Tuesday, we present exquisite typographic press work and original historiated initials by Nash’s successors, the Grabhorns -- Edwin, Robert, and Jane -- who would dominate San Francisco's fine printing for over fifty years.
The Discovery of Florida was published in 1946 by the Grabhorn Press in an edition of 280 copies.The initials and illustrations were designed and cut in wood by Mallette Dean, the principal illustrator for the Grabhorn Press from 1935-1950. Robert and Jane Grabhorn hand set the proprietary Franciscan type, designed for the Grabhorns by Frederic Goudy in 1932. The book was printed by Edwin Grabhorn and the Press’s long-time partner Sherwood Grover.
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