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Show ONE American press in particular, because of certai unique characteristics, is comparable to o other of any tim or place. A more comprehensiv "expression of a personal idea conceived in frecdom and maintained in independence," coul not be devised, for the book produced by Dard Hunte are the result of his own labor i every detail. By turns he s pape maker, type designer, punch cutter, founder, autho, illustrator book no other hand or though than his has been expressed, an it stands as a symbol of the idea he has maintained for man years, the revival of pure, un2ided, individual art and craftsmanship Born of a printing family, h finally came to the conclusio that the unit he sought was attainable only through the unaided effort of one man. So h went to Ttaly and learned pape making, to Germany for typ design and the art of the book andto England for toolmaking Thus equipped, he returned America, and built a tiny watermill and thatched it with stra (See opposite flap Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |