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The Tower of the Winds.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Velzer, Lawrence G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tower of the Winds (Athens, Greece).
- Sundials--Greece--Athens.
- Water clocks--Greece--Athens.
- Artists' books--California--Santa Cruz--Specimens.
- Artists' books.
- Water clocks.
- Sundials.
- California--Santa Cruz.
- Greece--Athens.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Physical Description:
- 1 scroll : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Cruz : Foolscap Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1. Athens
- 2. Plato's pavilion
- 3. The winds
- 4. The test of 1844
- 5. A mainspring of technology
- 6. The sun, the winds & time.
- Notes:
- Title from beginning of scroll.
- "Text by Lawrence G. van Velzer & Peggy Gotthold ... designed and printed by the authors" -- Colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- In cylindrical case with metal clasp.
- Limited edition of 200 copies.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Amy Comegys Memorial Fund.
- RBC has copy 19.
- OCLC:
- 50173815
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