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De la typographie et de l'harmonie de la page imprimée : William Morris et son influence sur les arts et métiers / par Charles Ricketts & Lucien Pissarro.
LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Ballantyne 5
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ricketts, Charles S., 1866-1931, editor, printer.
- Lecomte, George, author.
- White, Diana, author.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Printing--Great Britain.
- Printing.
- Morris, William, 1834-1896.
- Morris, William.
- Arts and crafts movement.
- arts and crafts (movement).
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Private press books (Printing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 31, [1] pages ; 20 cm
- 4to.
- Manufacture:
- London : Ballantyne Press
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : Floury, mdcccxcviii [1898.]
- London : Hacon & Ricketts
- Notes:
- De la typographie et de l'harmonie de la page imprimée, a George Lecomte. William Morris et son influence sur les arts et métiers, a Diana White.
- Colophon: Ce livre fut commencé par Lucien Pissarro en avril 1897 et achevé au Ballantyne press sous la direction de Charles Ricketts le 2 janvier 1898.
- "Il a été tiré de cet ouvrage 256 exemplaires, dont 6 sur parchemin"--Page [1].
- The first eight pages were set by Pissaro at the Eragny Press, but due to his ill-health the rest of the book was produced like other Vale Press books at the Ballantyne Press. See Watry.
- 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 copy has errata slip laid in.
- Cited in:
- Capelleveen, P. van. New checklist of books designed by Charles Ricketts & Charles Shannon, A25
- Watry, M. Vale Press, B16
- OCLC:
- 10623676
- Publisher Number:
- ocm10623676
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