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A type specimen of Lutetia : several fables of Aesop: PB 92-2004

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A type specimen of Lutetia : several fables of Aesop

Maker(s)

Printer: Berliner, Harold
Illustrator: Siegel, Helen
Translator: Handford, Stanley Alexander

Categories

Description

Illustrated with woodcuts by Helen Siegl

[16] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Nevada City

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1970

Note

"975 copies printed by Harold Berliner ... using the original woodblocks of Helen Siegel, Lutetia types made in our shop and Strathmore Pastelle paper"--Colophon. Bound in illustrated card wrapper.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 92-2004
Primary reference Number: 118374
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 10 December 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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