Light and the mind’s eye
Author:
Lubbock, Joseph Guy
Illustrator:
Lubbock, Joseph Guy
Typographer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Rampant Lions Press
Publisher:
Bertram Rota
Paper maker:
Richard de Bas Mill
Paper maker:
Mason, John (book binder)
Binder (person):
Percival, George
Original prints and text by J.G. Lubbock.
Laid in: "A note on the endpapers by John Mason". Endpapers made from wild plants collected in Channel Islands.
30p, [5] leaves of plates,[4] folded leaves of plates : col.ill ; 34cm.
Method of acquisition: Bought (1974)
Production date: AD 1974
"The prints ... are hand-printed by the artist from copperplates worked by engraving, etching, aquatint and soft ground etching. The colours are printed in intaglio and relief, and additional colour is finally applied to some pages by hand." "The typography and printing of the text is by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge and the paper is hand-made at the Richard de Bas Mill in the Auvergne in France ... The edition is hand-bound by George Percival at Leicester and is limited to 70 copies ..." Museum has copy No. 6 signed by the author. Endpapers made from wild plants collected in Channel Islands
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Accession number: PB 2-1974
Primary reference Number: 145809
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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