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Grand collaboration : the production of John James Audubon's The birds of America and the viviparous quadrupeds of North America / by Theophile Homard ; along with an original hand-colored lithographic print from the octavo edition of The birds of America and an original hand-colored lithographic print from the octavo edition of The quadrupeds of North America.
LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Contre Coup 18
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Homard, Theophile, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851--Bibliography.
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America.
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Viviparous quadrupeds of North America.
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
- Birds of America (Audubon, John James).
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Lithographs.
- Hand colored illustrations.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Bembo.
- Arches Text Laid (paper).
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Homard, Theophile (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [6], 29, [3] pages : color mounted illustrations ; 34 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville : Contre Coup Press, 2005.
- Notes:
- Several errata notes listed in the colophon.
- "This book was set by hand in Bembo type and printed on Arches Text Laid paper. Binding ... at the Campbell-Logan Bindery ... Paper for the binding was decorated by hand ... by Carol Blinn"--Colophon.
- "There were 27 copies of this book printed, each of which has been numbered and initialed by the author."--Colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection is copy number 14; with handwritten initials of the author. Page from bookseller's list laid in.
- OCLC:
- 61363188
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