Bauer Type Foundry - Kleine chronik der Buchdruckerkunst: Ein kalendar fur das Schaltjahr 1936.

Kleine chronik der Buchdruckerkunst: Ein kalendar fur das Schaltjahr 1936. [With a Note by Konrad Bauer.] 8vo, [44]pp., Bauersche Giesserei, Frankfurt am Main, 1936.
Set in Weiss Rundgotisch and printed in reddish-brown and black on wover paper. Profusely decorated with wood-engraved vignettes by Fritz Kredel. Semi-stiff wrappers decorated and titled on the front. A near fine copy.
Designed by E.R. Weiss. A calligraphic type following the German style of the period and leaning on black letter, but also Italian and Spanish manuscript writing. Descenders are very short.