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Reflections from the sea: PB 2-1972

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Reflections from the sea

Maker(s)

Author: Lubbock, Joseph Guy
Illustrator: Lubbock, Joseph Guy
Typographer: Carter, Will
Printer: Carter, Will
Typographer: Carter, Sebastian
Printer: Carter, Sebastian
Printer: Rampant Lions Press
Publisher: Twelve by Eight
Paper maker: Richard de Bas Mill
Paper maker: Schoolmaster Paper Mill
Contributor: Mason, John (book binder)
Binder (person): Percival, George

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Description

Original prints & text by J.G. Lubbock

Laid in: "A note on the endpapers by John Mason"

26p, [5] leaves of plates,[6] folded leaves of plates : col. ill ; 34cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Cambridge (Cambs.)
  • Leicester
  • Ambert
  • Westzaam

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1972) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

Production date: AD 1971

Note

"The illustrations in this volume are hand-printed by the artist from copper plates worked by engraving, etching, aquatint, soft ground etching, drilling and grinding; the colours are printed in both intaglio and relief, and some additional colour is finally applied to some pages by hand." "The typography and printing of the text is by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press at Cambridge and the paper is hand-made at the Richard de Bas Mill in the Auvergne in France ... The edition is limited to 85 signed copies ..." Museum has no. 37. Accession no.: 9146. Provenance: bought by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum. Bound by George Percival in full blue morocco with design by artist in gilt on upper board; gilt lettering on spine; top of pages gilt. Issued in slipcase with marbled paper sides

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 2-1972
Primary reference Number: 145805
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 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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