A dissertation upon roast pig : an essay / by Charles Lamb ; illustrated by Wilfred Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834, author.

Contributor:

Hart, Leo, printer.

Jones, Wilfred, 1888-1968, illustrator.

Ransom, Will, 1878-1955, typographer.

Printing House of Leo Hart, publisher, printer.

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

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

English essays--19th century.

English essays.

Genre:

Illustrated books -- Specimens.

Essays -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- 20th century.

Limitation statements (Publishing) -- New York (State) -- Rochester -- 20th century.

Private press books (Printing)

Okawara (Paper).

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Eve Heavy.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Jones, Wilfred, 1888-1968 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[24] leaves : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Rochester, New York : The Printing House of Leo Hart, Nineteen thirty-two [1932]

Notes:

Title also printed in Chinese characters.

Printed on double leaves; illustrated lining-papers in color.

"This edition of A dissertation upon roast pig by Charles Lamb consists of 950 copies printed on oriental Okawara paper and was produced under the direction of Leo Hart at his Printing House in Rochester, New York. The illustrations are by Wilfred Jones, typography by Will Ransom and the Chinese characters by Sang Ho."--Colophon.

Each copy is numbered and signed by the illustrator.

Issued in slipcase.

The type is Eve Heavy.--prospectus.

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 has number 212. Prospectus laid in.

OCLC:

5218350