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The magnum opus of Joseph Florimond Loubat : a leaf book / John W. Adams, George Kolbe, Henry Morris, Pete Smith.
LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Bird & Bull Press 80
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Loubat, J. F. (Joseph Florimond), 1831-1927. Medallic history of the United States of America, 1776-1876.
- Loubat, J. F. (Joseph Florimond), 1831-1927.
- United States--History--Medals.
- Medals.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Deckled edges (Paper)
- Mould-made papers (Paper)
- Case bindings (Binding)
- Untrimmed edges (Binding)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Garamond.
- Illustrated works.
- Leaf books.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 59, [13] pages, [6] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 26 cm
- Manufacture:
- [Newtown, Pennsylvania] : Printed ... at the Bird & Bull Press, in October, 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Foreword / H. Morris
- Joseph Florimond Loubat, 1831-1927 / Pete Smith
- An original leaf from The medallic history
- A bibliographical addendum / G. Kolbe
- A book review of Loubat / J.W. Adams
- An original leaf from The medallic history.
- Notes:
- Original leaves are included in the pagination.
- Mounted portrait.
- "150 copies printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper at the Bird & Bull Press in October, 2007. The book was composed in Garamond types by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery. No. [blank]"--Colophon.
- Printed in black and red.
- Binding: quarter red leather over dark blue cloth boards; round paper label with vignette printed in red on left board; gold-stamped black leather spine label ("LOUBAT"); deckled edges (fore- and tail edges untrimmed).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-37).
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 39 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 150 copies. See colophon.
- 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: original leaves are plates XXII and LXXIII.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has publisher's prospectus for this edition (with manuscript note addressed to Jean-François Vilain on verso) laid in.
- OCLC:
- 192136598
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