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The butterfly's ball and grasshopper's feast / by William Roscoe.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Weather Bird 84
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roscoe, William, 1753-1831, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Butterflies--Juvenile literature.
- Butterflies.
- Grasshoppers--Juvenile literature.
- Grasshoppers.
- Nursery rhymes.
- Insects--Poetry.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Case bindings (Binding)
- Decorated paper bindings (Binding)
- Slipcases (Binding)
- Untrimmed edges (Binding)
- Poems.
- Autographs (Provenance)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Gerry, Vance (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [21] leaves : illustrations (1 color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pasadena : Vance Gerry: The Weather Bird Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- On a whimsical impulse, children, animals, and insects gather to celebrate the evening with music, amusements, and food.
- Notes:
- "Illustrations copyright by Vance Gerry 1996"--Verso of title leaf.
- "Thanks to Mark Barbour for use of the equipment of the International Printing Museum"--Verso of title leaf.
- "Of ten special copies this is number [blank] Bound by Mariana Blau."--Colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 7 (the copy number supplied in manuscript in pencil) of a limited edition of ten copies, signed by Vance Gerry. See colophon.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("CAO C1443") in pencil on front free endpaper.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy bound in quarter black cloth over decorated paper boards; title stamped in gold on spine; edges untrimmed. Housed in orange cloth slip case.
- OCLC:
- 36053981
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