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The guest : author unknown : 17th century Christ Church manuscript / with woodcuts by Helen Siegl.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 1968
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LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 1966
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--Poetry.
- Jesus Christ.
- Christmas poetry.
- Fine books--Specimens.
- Fine books.
- Artists' illustrated books.
- livres de peintres.
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Misc 1968).
- Local Subjects:
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Misc 1968).
- Genre:
- fine press books.
- woodcuts (prints)
- poetry.
- Woodcuts
- Specimens
- Illustrated works
- Poetry
- Woodcuts.
- Poetry.
- Illustrated works.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Bembo.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Spectrum.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Misc 1966)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Misc 1966)
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Misc 1968)
- Physical Description:
- 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- monochrome
- illustration
- woodcut making printing
- letterpress printing
- Place of Publication:
- West Burke, Vermont : Janus Press, Christmas 1976.
- Notes:
- Poem, beginning: Yet if his majesty, our sovereign lord ...
- "A printer's note: this is the first in a series of Christmas books"--Unnumbered page 5.
- Letterpress printed in blue, black, and gold on double leaves with woodcut illustrations. Single sewn signature in blue paper wrappers with cardboard inserts. Illustrated blue paper dust jacket. Signed by the illustrator.
- "This edition was designed, set and printed by Claire Van Vliet; bound by Jim Bicknell; the type is Spectrum and Bembo; the papers, Hosho special, Miliani Ingres, Strathmore and on the special edition, decorated Kaya. The edition is limited to 300 numbered copies of which the first 50 are casebound in slipcases with an extra set of prints"--Colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Misc 1966: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck. Edition number 173 of 300. Illustrator's pencil autograph on colophon page.
- Misc 1968: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck. Number 223 of 300. Illustrator's pencil autograph on colophon page. Thin dark orange paper printed with the word "jubilee" and plants and animals laid in.
- OCLC:
- 10020613
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