Homeric hymn to Aphrodite / translated by Susan C. Shelmerdine ; illustrated by Walter Bachinski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bachinski, Walter, illustrator.

Butler, Janis, designer, bookbinder.

Shelmerdine, Susan Chadwick, translator.

Wieck, Roger S., associated name, former owner.

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- associated name, former owner.

Shanty Bay Press, publisher.

Press Collection (Library of Congress)

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

Standardized Title:

Hymn to Aphrodite (Homeric hymn 5). English (Shelmerdine)

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Aphrodite (Greek deity)--Poetry.

Aphrodite.

Aphrodite (Greek deity)--In literature.

Hymns, Greek (Classical)--Translations into English.

Hymns, Greek (Classical).

Aphrodite (Greek deity).

Literature.

Genre:

Hymns, Greek (Classical)

Woodcuts.

stencils (image-making tools)

Poetry

Translations

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Bembo.

Physical Description:

30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm

Other Title:

Hymn to Aphrodite

Place of Publication:

Shanty Bay, ON : Shanty Bay Press, [2003]

Notes:

"110 copies, of which 100 are for sale ... designed by Walter Bachinski and Janis Butler. Hand composition, printing & binding are by Janis Butler. The woodcuts and pochoir illustrations are by Walter Bachinski ... stencilling ... by Walter Bachinski with assistance from Judi Lindsey and Sarah Martin"--Colophon.

In slipcase.

Local Notes:

Misc 1989: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck. Edition number 34 of 110. Note from Walter Bachinski to Jean-François Vilain laid in. Walter Bachinski and Janis Butler pencil autograph on colophon page.

ISBN:

0968501826

9780968501825

OCLC:

54906426