The quest of Gilgamesh
Author:
Bridson, D. G
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Rampant Lions Press
Printer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Carter, Sebastian
Paper maker:
Börjeson, Ingeborg
Printer:
Stellar Press
With an original lithograph by Michael Ayrton
An original poem based on the Gilgamesh epic.
"First broadcast in the BBC Third Programme in a slightly shorter version on 29th November 1954."
" ... Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. The type is Monotype Octavian. The frontispiece was drawn by the artist onto the plate an printed by offset lithography by the Stellar Press at Welham Green. The marbled paper was made by Ingeborg Borjeson of Sweden. There are 125 copies ...."
Museum has number 92 on "T. H. Saunders cream laid, bound by Mansells".
95, [3] pages : 1 illustration ; 28 cm
Height: 29 cm
Width: 41 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2016) by Moldon, Peter L.
Production date: AD 1972
"The book was designed and the letterpress was printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge; it was set by The Stellar Press [Hatfield] ... the plates were selected and printed by Christopher Skelton at his Press at Wellingborough." --t.p. verso.
Privately printed - This number 70 of 230 copies.
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Accession number: PB 3-2016
Primary reference Number: 208269
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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