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Steel & roses : American prints in the Hersh Cohen Collection & botanical books in the Fern Cohen Collection.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Grolier Club 39
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Herschel, author.
- Cohen, Fern, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cohen, Herschel--Library--Exhibitions.
- Cohen, Herschel.
- Cohen, Fern--Art collections--Exhibitions.
- Cohen, Fern.
- Prints, American--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Prints, American.
- Depressions--1929--In art--Exhibitions.
- Depressions.
- Botanical illustration--United States--Exhibitions.
- Botanical illustration.
- Botanical illustration--England--Exhibitions.
- Botanical illustration--Europe--Exhibitions.
- Horticulture--In art--Exhibitions.
- Horticulture.
- Gardening for children--In art--Exhibitions.
- Gardening for children.
- Art--Private collections.
- Libraries.
- England.
- Europe.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Miller.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Bulmer.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 68, [1] pages, 59 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Steel and roses
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Grolier Club, 2011.
- Contents:
- Part 1. American prints
- Part 2. Botanical books.
- Notes:
- Titles for both catalogs are identical.
- Both catalogs have their own front cover design related to their contents; illustrations in part 2 are in color.
- Part 1 has 89 items; part 2 has 49 items.
- Part 1 and 2 inverted back-to-back.
- "Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, September 8 through November 4, 2011"--Title page verso.
- "Copyright 2011 fern and Hersh Cohen"--verso of title pages.
- "Typeset in Miller and Bulmer types. Designed by Jerry Kelly"--Colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references (pt. 2, pages 57-58) and index for each part.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.
- ISBN:
- 9781605830360
- 1605830364
- OCLC:
- 756375183
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