A Linnaean Keepsake / The Hunt Botanical Library

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

A Linnaean Keepsake / The Hunt Botanical Library

Entry/Object ID

2025.16.28

Description

Issued to commemorate the opening of the Stranded Collection of Linnaean at the Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie-Mellon University. Brown water marbled covers, with spine covered with brown cloth. Facsimile in a pocket attached to the back cover. Preface by Gilbert S. Daniels. "An Introduction to Linnaeus" by Birger Stranded. "Orbit Eruditi Judicium" by Carl Linnaeus

Collection

Howard Kistler

Dimensions

Height

25.8 cm

Width

19 cm

Height

17.3 cm

Width

10.9 cm

Parts

1 book 1 facsimile of "Orbit Erudite Judicium de Caroli Linnaei M. D. Scriptis", where the pages haven't been separated yet.

Book Details

Author

Hunt Botanical Library

Publisher

Carnegie-Mellon University, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Place Published

City

Pittsburgh

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

6/1/1973

Printer

Duquesne Lithograph Co.

Place Printed

City

Pittsburgh

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Printed

1973

Binding

Binding Type

Case binding

Notes

Colophon at back - Text set in Spectrum monotype. Display type is Hunt Roman designed for The Hunt Botanical Library by Hermann Zapf. Text and illustrations printed by offset by Duquesne Lithograph co. on Curtis Hunt No. 2 rag paper. Facsimile printed by letterpress by Davis & Warde, Inc., from plates made from the original by Liberty Engraving Co., on handmade paper with the Hunt watermark made by J. Barcham Greene & Son at the Halle Mill, Maidstone, Kent, England. Bound by Penn State Bookbinding, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Design and supervision by Thomas C. Pears III.