Collecting and recollecting James Boswell, 1740-1795 : a bicentenary exhibition from the collections of Yale University and Four Oaks Farm.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zachs, William, curator.

Eccles, Mary Hyde Eccles, Viscountess, 1912-2003, curator.

Grolier Club, publisher, host institution.

Ascensius Press, printer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boswell, James, 1740-1795--Bibliography--Exhibitions.

Boswell, James.

Boswell, James, 1740-1795--Bibliography--Catalogs.

Boswell, James, 1740-1795--Exhibitions.

Boswell, James, 1740-1795.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Catalogs.

Private press books (Printing)

Exhibition catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

xvii, 44 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 23 cm

Other Title:

James Boswell, a bicentenary exhibition

Place of Publication:

New York : Grolier Club, 1995.

Notes:

"This catalogue accompanies an exhibition held at the Grolier Club from Tuesday, September 12, 1995 to Friday, November 17, 1995. Curators: William Zachs and Mary Eccles"--Title page verso.

On back cover: "The Ascensius Press".

"Frontispiece: James Boswell, c.1790. Pencil and wash by George Langton. By permission of the National Trust (Gunby Hall).";--title page verso.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.

OCLC:

33988344