The fifty-first chapter of Genesis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, author.

Contributor:

Volk, Kurt H., publisher, typographer, book designer.

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

Standardized Title:

Parable against persecution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persecution.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Volk, Kurt H. (Kurt Hans), 1883-1962 (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[8] illuminated leaves : illustrations ; 17 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kurt H. Volk, 1944.

Notes:

"This 'Parable against persecution' was written by Benjamin Franklin, however its origin has been traced to ancient Persia ..." Colophon.

The design, decorations, typography, and hand illumination done by Kurt H. Volk. Limited edition.

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 is number 70. Greeting card laid in.

OCLC:

13054602