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Ilse Schüle (type designer): Rhapsodie type specimen, Ludwig & Mayer

$200.00

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One of the first typefaces credited to a woman. Ilse Schüle (née Ilse Brente) designed this display face with fraktur and chancery influences, along with a set of swash caps (Zierversalien, A–Z), and ornaments (Schüle-Schmuck).

Rhapsodie, nach Zeichnung von Ilse Schüle, Schriftgießerei Ludwig & Mayer, Frankfurt am Main, ca. 1951.

20pp booklet. Black, blue, brown ink framed title (with tiny missing corner) pasted on brown cover; back cover separated; interior very good besides mildly warped edges.

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