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Rembrandt and the Book of Tobit: PB 94-2004

Object information

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Titles

Rembrandt and the Book of Tobit

Maker(s)

Author: Held, Julius S.
Publisher: Gehenna Press
Pressman: McGrath, Harold Patrick
Printer: Meriden Gravure Company
Paper maker: Curtis Paper Company

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Description

Series: Gehenna essays in art ; 2
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 29-[34])

Prospectus laid in.

33, [5] p., [50]p of plates ; 26 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Northampton
  • Meriden ⪼ Massachusetts

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1964

Note

"1000 copies ... printed at The Gehenna Press in Northampton, Massachusetts. The pressman was Harold McGrath. The plates have been printed at The Meriden Gravure Company ... The text has been set in Monotype Van Dijck and printed on paper specially made for this book by The Curtis Paper Company. Twenty-five copies have been bound at The Harcourt Bindery, Boston in one-half oasis niger, and are numbered 1 to 25."--Colophon Museum has copy 220. Quarter bound in parchment with green paper sides.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 94-2004
Primary reference Number: 118377
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 September 2012 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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