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Quo vadis?: PB 219-2003

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Titles

Quo vadis?

Maker(s)

Author: Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Translator: Curtin, Jeremaih
Contributor: Lamb, Harold
Illustrator: Fiume, Salvatore
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Mardersteig, Giovanni
Printer: Officina Bodoni

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Description

By Henryk Sienkiewicz, translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an introduction by Harold Lamb and illustrations by Salvatore Fiume.

Xii, [1], 594, [3] p. illus. 28 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1959

Note

Limited edition of 1500 of which the Museum has copy number "J.D.", signed by Salvatore Fiume and Giovanni Mardersteig. Bound in patterned natural linen (blue and white). In slipcase (red paper over card).

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 219-2003
Primary reference Number: 95636
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 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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