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Boston : distinguished buildings & sites within the city and its orbit as engraved on wood by Rudolph Ruzicka: PB 99-2004

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Titles

Boston : distinguished buildings & sites within the city and its orbit as engraved on wood by Rudolph Ruzicka

Maker(s)

Auhtor: Whitehall, Walter Muir
Illustrator: Ruzicka, Rudolph
Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
Printer: Meriden Gravure Company

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Description

With a commentary by Walter Muir Whitehill.

Xxiii, 117, [2] p : col. ill ; 22 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Boston (Lincs)

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1975

Note

" ... printed by The Meriden Gravure Company. The type, Monotype Bell ... was set by The Stinehour Press. The paper is a special making of Warren's Olde Style Laid."--Colophon. Inscription: "For John Dreyfus with kindest regards of Walter Muir Whitehall at David Godine's Hallowe'en dinner Boston 1975". Bound in red cloth, gold stamped on spine with illustrated paper panel on front cover. With illustrated dust-jacket.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 99-2004
Primary reference Number: 118380
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 13 August 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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