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Design and tradition : the Design Oration (1961) of the Society of Industrial Artists: PB 37-2004

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Titles

Design and tradition : the Design Oration (1961) of the Society of Industrial Artists

Maker(s)

Author: Read, Herbert
Contributor: Henrion, F. H. K.
Publisher: Vine Press
Publisher: Foster, Peter
Printer: Foster, Peter
Publisher: Peters, John
Printer: Peters, John
Illustrator: Reddick, Peter

Categories

Description

By Herbert Read, with a preface by F.H.K. Henrion.

[2],17, [3] p : port ; 26 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Hemingford Grey

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1962

Note

'Limited to one hundred and fifty copies, set in 14 pt Monotype Octavian and printed on Millbourn handmade paper by Peter Foster and John Peters at the Vine Press ... The portrait of the author is from a wood-engraving by Peter Reddick"-- Colophon. Half bound in red cloth with yellow paper sides; red leather label on spine.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustration

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 37-2004
Primary reference Number: 108039
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 14 January 2014 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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