A facsimile edition of California's first book, Reglamento provicional, printed at Monterey in 1834 by Agustin V. Zamorano / translation by Ramon Ruiz & Theresa Vigil ; a note on the printing [by] George L. Harking ; a historical note [by] George P. Hammond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

California (Province). Diputación Territorial, issuing body.

Contributor:

Ruiz, Ramon (Translator)

Vigil, Theresa, translator.

Harding, George L. (George Laban), 1893-1976, writer of supplementary textual content.

Hammond, George P. (George Peter), 1896-1993, writer of supplementary textual content.

Kennedy, Lawton, 1900-1980, printer.

Book Club of California, publisher.

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

Series:

Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 86.

[Book Club of California. Publication] ; [number 86]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

California (Province). Diputación Territorial--Rules and practice.

California (Province).

Printing--California--History.

Printing.

California.

Genre:

History.

Rules.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Facsimiles (Publishing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Machine-made papers (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Van Dijck.

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Hugo, Harold (bookplate) (inscription) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Harding, George L. (George Laban), 1893-1976 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[4], vii, [5], 16, [2] pages ; 23 cm + 1 facsimile ([4], 16 pages ; 14 cm)

Manufacture:

[Place of printing not identified] : Printed by Lawton Kennedy

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : The Book Club of California, 1954.

Notes:

"400 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy"--Colophon.

"Title in red, blue and black within red and blue borders, printed in red and black throughout. Decorations at beginning of notes in blue. Facsimile of original edition in pocket inside back cover. Type Van Dijck monotype. Paper machine made."--Book Club of California.

Binding: Full red cloth; illustration stamped in blue on left board; title stamped in gold on spine; deckled fore-edges.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C1210 iN Hawly") in pencil on front free endpaper.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has illustrated bookplate ("THE BOOKS OF E. HAROLD HUGO") of Harold Hugo on front pastedown; manuscript gift inscription ("E. Harold Hugo with the sincere regards and compliments of George L. Harding") in pencil on front free endpaper.

Cited in:

Book Club of California. The hundredth book http://www.bccbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/BCCvol1-The-Hundredth-Book.pdf number 86

Lewis, Oscar. First 75 years the story of the Book Club of California, 1912-1987, page 48

OCLC:

3222433