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Drawings by Holbein : from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle: PB 87-2003

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Drawings by Holbein : from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle

Maker(s)

Publisher: Johnson Reprint Company Limited
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Compiler: Foister, Susan
Designer: Dreyfus, John
Printer: Curwen Press
Binder (person): Lumsden, A. W.

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Description

With an introduction and catalogue by Susan Foister.

Xv, 48 p, + 85 leaves of plates in separate folder. : ill. ; 52 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England
  • New York ⪼ USA
  • Edinburgh

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1983

Note

"Designed by John Dreyfus, printed at the Curwen Press, London ... bound by A. W. Lumsden of Edinburgh."

"This edition, comprising a text volume in a Solander box with facsimile drawings, is limited to 520 sets, of which 500 are for sale. This copy is number [in ms] 455."

Solander box quarter bound in leather with cloth sides.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 87-2003
Primary reference Number: 94698
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 6 April 2023 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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