Of the most holy miracle of Saint Francis in taming the fierce wolf of Gubbio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hudleston, Roger, 1874-1936, translator.

Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982, printer.

Angelo, Maxine, 1898-1971, binder.

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

Standardized Title:

Fioretti di San Francesco. Selections. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.

Francis.

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--Legends.

Genre:

Legends.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Slipcases (Binding)

Myths and legends.

Translations.

Presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Schimmel, Stuart B. (inscription) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[14] pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Printed and illuminated by hand by Valenti Angelo, [1949]

Language Note:

English translation by Roger Hudleston of a chapter of: Fioretti di San Francesco.

Notes:

"Seventy-five copies printed on the hand-press in June Nineteen Hundred and Forty-nine. The binding is by Maxine Angelo."--Colophon.

Blue title vignette illuminated in gold; title and text printed in black and red.

Initial space with 6-line manuscript initial A supplied in blue and gold; space for paragraph mark with manuscript mark supplied in red.

Issued in decorative paper slip case.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy inscribed by the printer to Stuart Schimmel on page [14].

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: slip case retained.

OCLC:

427263415