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The private journals of Stendhal, 1811-1817 / edited, selected & newly translated by Francis Carmody.

LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Allen Press 12
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stendhal, 1783-1842, author.
Contributor:
Carmody, Francis J. (Francis James), 1907-1982, editor, translator.
Dean, Mallette, 1907-1975, illustrator, wood engraver.
Krimpen, Jan van, 1892-1958, type designer.
Allen Press, publisher, printer.
Joseph Batchelor & Son, papermaker.
Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)
Standardized Title:
Journal. English. Selections
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Stendhal, 1783-1842--Diaries.
Stendhal.
Novelists, French--19th century--Diaries.
Novelists, French.
Stendhal, 1783-1842.
Genre:
Diaries.
Private press books (Printing)
Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
Limitation statements (Publishing)
Deckled edges (Paper)
Handmade papers (Paper)
Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Romanée.
Case bindings (Binding)
Cloth bindings (Binding)
Dust jackets (Binding)
Untrimmed edges (Binding)
Illustrated works.
Penn Provenance:
Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
Physical Description:
146 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Place of Publication:
Kentfield, California : The L-D Allen Press, 1954.
Notes:
"This book is one of an edition limited to 175 copies. They type face is Romanée, set by hand; the paper is Crown & Sceptre, hand-made in England. Printed on an Acorn handpress, and bound in a Fortuny print from Venice. Produced by Lewis & Dorothy Allen at The L-D Allen Press. Wood engravings by Mallette Dean."--Colophon.
"Title in red and black."--Allen Press.
Deckled edges, untrimmed.
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 in clear dust jacket over black paper dust jacket.
Cited in:
Allen Press. The Allen Press bibliography, 15
OCLC:
1694292

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