Bauersche Giesserei – Wie eine Buchdruckschrift entsteht [How a Letterpress Type Is Made]

Bauer, Konrad F. – Wie eine Buchdruckschrift entsteht [How a Letterpress Type Is Made]Frankfurt am Main: Bauersche Giesserei, 1931. 4to. 20 pp. Original photographic wrappers, string-bound. Text in German. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and type specimens, with typography and captions printed in black and red.An illustrated account of the production of printing type at the Bauersche Giesserei in Frankfurt am Main, following the process from the preparation of the original letterform and matrices through the casting and finishing of metal type. The booklet documents the foundry's technical processes and equipment and includes numerous examples illustrating the proportions, weights, and manufacture of type.With a printed gift card from František Zrnka, the Bauersche Giesserei representative in Prague, laid in.Very good condition, exceptionally well preserved.