Broadside of an Alphabet with quotes by Douglas C McMurtrie, Jean Cocteau and Emanuel Geibel about letters and the alphabet in a variety of languages. Calligraphed by Hermann Zapf and commissioned by Philip Hofer. Printed in 7 colors. The colophon line is in German, and can be translated as "For Philip Hofer in Cambridge, written by Hermann Zapf, Frankfurt am Main 1959". Hermann Zapf born November 8, 1918 was a German typeface designer who lived in Darmstadt, Germany and was married to calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf von Hesse.