[CZECH TYPOGRAPHIC SPECIMEN BOOK] Vzorník písma [Specimen book]. MÍR, Novinářské závody MÍR, n[árodní] p[odnik]. Závod 6 [MÍR, press printing plants, a state-owned enterprise. Plant 6].
Prague: MÍR, ca. 1965 to 1975? Square octavo (20.3 × 20.5 cm). Original gray cloth with embossed title to front board in blue and gold; 116, [3] pp. of specimens to rectos and versos. Very good. Item #55809
Appealing specimen sampler of Mír, a large state-run printing concern that was created in 1958 by forcibly nationalizing the printing works of the publishers Práce, Zemědělské noviny, and Mladá fronta. It printed numerous national daily newspapers as well as many non-fiction books. The book contains both text fonts and numerous decorative and display fonts, among them Gill, Memfis, Grotesk, Futura, Blok, Margraf, Patria, Helion, Neuland, and others. A short section at the back also includes decorative initials and ornaments.
As of October 2026, not in KVK, OCLC.
Price: €350.00