Cantus firmus / Aleksis Rannit ; [prints], Eduard Wiiralt ; translated from the Estonian by Henry Lyman ; foreword by Norman Holmes Pearson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rannit, Aleksis, author.

Contributor:

Wiiralt, Eduard, 1898-1954, artist.

Lyman, Henry, translator.

Mardersteig, Martino, book designer.

Stamperia Valdonega, printer.

Elizabeth Press, publisher.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Estonian

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--New York (State)--Westchester County.

Authors, American.

Authors, American--New York (State)--Larchmont.

New York (State)--Larchmont.

New York (State)--Westchester County.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Magnani (Paper).

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Monotype Bembo.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

47, [5] pages : illustrations ; 34 cm

Manufacture:

Verona : Stamperia Valdonega

Place of Publication:

New Rochelle, N.Y. : Elizabeth Press, 1978.

Notes:

In English.

"Designed by Martino Mardersteig, and is limited to 750 copies, of which 100 copies have been numbered in the author's hand, and signed by the designer, the translator, and the author, and are hors de commerce. The text was printed letterpress from Monotype Bembo, and the plates were reproduced by offset from the original prints, on Magnani rag paper at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona."--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 have slipcase retained.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 have "A postscriptum to Cantus firmus" laid in at front.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy in slip case. Includes prospectus and "Postscriptum to Cantus Firmus" laid in.

OCLC:

4114766