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Prisons; with the "Carceri" etchings by G.B. Piranesi. / Critical study by Jean Adhemar ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio EC9 H9822 949a
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista.
- Prisons.
- Carceri d'invenzione.
- Adhémar, Jean.
- Etching.
- Physical Description:
- 3 preliminary leaves, 11-34 pages, 1 leaf : plates. ; 34 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : The Trianon press, [1949]
- Notes:
- "The 'Carceri' etchings, by G.B. Piranesi; critical study by Jean Adhemar," p. [27]-[35] is "translated from the French by C.F. MacIntyre and Denys Sutton, inc collaboration with Susan Fawcus."
- Bibliography, page [36]
- Local Notes:
- "Of this first printing of "Prisons" by Aldous Huxley, 212 copies have been made ... [and] signed by the authro. One hundred numbered copies are reserved for the Trianon press, Cobham, Surrey ... and for the Grey falcon press .... Philadelphia. One hundred numbered copies are reserved for Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles ... Twelve copies numbered A to L, "hors commerce" for the author, the publishers and their associates. The text ... is printed by Jourde & Allard ... Paris ... No. [43 Aldous Huxley]"
- Contains:
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. Carceri.
- OCLC:
- 1285606
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