The collection consists largely of Samuel R. Rosenthal’s correspondence with Giovanni Mardersteig and with collectors, scholars, and book dealers who shared his admiration for the work of the Officina Bodoni. Many pieces of Officina Bodoni ephemera are included. Materials in the collection date from 1954 to 1994, but the bulk concerns Rosenthal’s most active period of collecting from 1969 to1989. Correspondents include Bruce Beck, Herman Cohen, John Ryder, Hans Schmoller, and James M. Wells.

Mr. Rosenthal’s copies of books by and about Mardersteig, some 141 items, are individually cataloged in the online catalog with a tracing (“author” search) for the “Rosenthal/Mardersteig collection.”