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A trip to Paris in July & August, 1792 / by Richard Twiss ; with a preface by Henry Morris and wood engravings by Wesley Bates.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Bird & Bull Press 50
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Twiss, Richard, 1747-1821, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paris (France)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Paris (France).
- Paris (France)--History--1789-1799.
- France--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- France.
- Travel.
- France--Paris.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- History.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Deckled edges (Paper)
- Handmade papers (Paper)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Baskerville.
- Case bindings (Binding)
- Untrimmed edges (Binding)
- Illustrated works.
- Travel literature.
- Autographs (Provenance)
- Inscriptions (Provenance)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (inscription) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Morris, Henry, 1925-2019 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 82, [4] pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
- Manufacture:
- [Newtown, Pennsylvania] : Printed ... at the Bird & Bull Press, in January, 2012.
- Other Title:
- Trip to Paris in July and August, 1792
- Place of Publication:
- Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, L'an CCXX [i.e. 2012]
- Notes:
- "120 copies printed on Arches Paper at the Bird & Bull Press in January, 2012. Composed in Baskerville Types by Michael & Winifred Bixler & bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery. No. [blank]"--Colophon.
- Printed on Arches laid paper (deckled edges; fore- and tail edges untrimmed) and quarter bound in morocco with Japanese cloth sides.
- Includes facsimile of original title leaf (page [8]): London : Printed at the Minerva Press and sold by William Lane, 1793.
- Illustrations include four original wood engravings (pages [15], [27], [49], [56]) and two mounted illustrations (page [83]).
- Title page and inner corners of some pages accented with parallel red and blue stripes.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 30 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 120 copies. See colophon.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has a few marks in pencil in text.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has publisher's prospectus for this edition laid in; manuscript letter on letterhead of Bird & Bull Press dated 9 March 2012 from Henry Morris to Jean-François Vilain laid in; photoreproduction of pages 88-89 of the 1793 edition of this work laid in.
- OCLC:
- 779385567
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