The Old in Their Knowing / Robert Bringhurst

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Old in Their Knowing / Robert Bringhurst

Entry/Object ID

2025.16.84

Description

Wrapper shows two Ionic columns with the title between them on an orange field, while the back shows different Ionic columns. Covers underneath are plain white. Book of poetry, with English on the right and Greek on the left. 43p. A sequence of 12 poems and translations based on Presocratic sources.

Collection

Howard Kistler

Dimensions

Height

25.5 cm

Width

14.6 cm

Parts

1 paperback book 1 paper wrapper

Book Details

Author

Robert Bringhurst

Illustrator

Winifred McNeill

Volume/Number/Issue

118 / 200

Publisher

Editions Koch

Place Published

City

Berkeley

State/Province

California

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

2005

Printer

Peter Rutledge Koch

Place Printed

City

Berkeley

State/Province

California

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Printed

2005

Binding

Binding Type

Smyth Sewn

Notes

Colophon - designed and printed by Peter Rutledge Koch. 200 numbered copies have been printed on Hahnemühle Biblio paper, and 26 lettered copies. Hand-bound at the Peter Koch Printers by Jonathan Gerken. The English text is set in Giovanni Mardersteig’s Dante type and the Greek source texts are set in Christopher Stinehour’s Diogenes Greek. Letter­press printed wrappers with cover designs by Winifred McNeill.

Web Links and URLs

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