The Modern poster / by Arsène Alexandre, M.H. Spielmann, H.C. Bunner and August Jaccaci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexandre, Arsène, 1859-1937, author.

Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry), 1858-1948, author.

Bunner, H. C. (Henry Cuyler), 1855-1896, author.

Jaccaci, August F., 1857-1930, author.

Contributor:

Bradley, Will, 1868-1962, artist.

Charles Scribner's Sons, publisher.

Gilliss Press, printer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Posters.

Genre:

Posters.

Private press books (Printing)

Enameled book paper (Paper).

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

xiv, [2], 117, [3] pages : illustrations, color frontispiece ; 25 cm

Manufacture:

New York : Gilliss Press

Place of Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, MDCCCXCV [1895].

Contents:

French posters and book-covers, by A. Alexandre.

Posters and poster-designing in England, by M.H. Spielmann.

American posters, past and present, by H.C. Bunner.

Italian posters and music-book covers, by A.F. Jaccaci.

Notes:

"Of this unique edition of The Modern Poster there have been printed two hundred and fifty copies on Imperial Japan paper, numbered 1-250, and seven hundred and fifty on enameled book paper, numbered 251-1000 ... With each copy ... is given a poster by Will H. Bradley, of which there have been struck off only one thousand impressions ... Copies 1, 2 and 3 are each accompanied by an extra set of the illustrations, printed by hand, on light Japan paper, mounted, and in a portfolio"--Verso of half title.

Printed at the Gilliss Press.--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 862. Poster wanting.

OCLC:

1523633