Gadzooks! A really smart fellow we know just alerted us to this project.
From the discovery of the 1898 International Dictionary to linotyping the entries to printing the last print on the vandercook to cutting the fingertabs of the deluxe edition, this video gives a quick overview of the process of creating the Pictorial Webster's fine press edition.
Amazing!
Luckily this informative post did not take as long to make.
You can buy the unhand made version
.....
and of course if you have a a little more jingle in your jangle you can get the real deal from the printer himself!
What a beaut - I wish I didn't have to eat next month!
Find out more about the project or spend some dough with them at the
site.
Hats off to my fellow printer - this was truly a herculean endeavor!
B. McCloud
in lieu of
H. Kneesch
Captain of industry