Title

The story of the other wise man See all items with this value

Author

Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933 See all items with this value

Illustrator

Monetti, Enrico See all items with this value

Date

1907 See all items with this value

Publisher

Harper & Brothers See all items with this value

Digitized copy

https://archive.org/details/storyofotherwise00vand

Cover designer

Enrico Monetti See all items with this value

Monogram or signature used

Unsigned See all items with this value

Attribution source

Many publisher's advertisements list Monetti as the decorator. See all items with this value

"Comparatively few people among those who handle the decorated holiday books have any idea of the care and thought expended in their production. In the case of “ The Other Wise Man” of Henry van Dyke, the rather remarkable form in which this Christmas tale has appeared this season suggests the sort of value such a volume may represent. The parchment paper, for example, was prepared in imitation of old monastery scrolls. The type was patterned from the letters found in some fine old manuscripts of the Roman Vatican Library and the Laurentian Library in Florence, after permission had been obtained to photograph these pages. Those who were to set type for the book were tutored in the pen-drawing of ancient letters, their illumination and design, as it prevailed before the invention of printing. The young Italian, Enrico Monetti, who did the illuminating, was brought from the Florentine library to this country for the work. It is said that the Harpers, who publish the book, have had demands for it for reference-rooms of libraries, as a samplar of combined mediaeval and modern methods of bookbinding." [The Inland Printer, 1908 February, Vol 40, Issue 5, Page 737 See all items with this value

The Inland Printer, 1908 February, Vol 40, Issue 5, Page 737 See all items with this value