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A voyage to Lilliput by Dr. Lemuel Gulliver, MDCIC: PB 221(a)-2003

Object information

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Titles

A voyage to Lilliput by Dr. Lemuel Gulliver, MDCIC

Maker(s)

Author: Swift, Jonathan
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Printer: Aldus Printers
Designer: Rogers, Bruce

Categories

Description

By Jonathan Swift

150, [3] p : map ; 10cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1950

Note

Title page printed in red within ornamented border. "Fifteen hundred copies of this edition ... were printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by the Aldus Printers, New York, under the supervision of Bruce Rogers.."--Colophon. Museum has number "J. D.", initialled "B.R.". Hand-set in monotype Garamond 6 pt type on Worthy special paper. Quarter bound in red linen with Butcher Kraft paper sides, printed in red and black with map of Lilliput. Issued in slip case with the author's A voyage to Brobdingnag.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 221(a)-2003
Primary reference Number: 95640
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A voyage to Lilliput by Dr. Lemuel Gulliver, MDCIC" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/95640 Accessed: 2024-11-02 16:31:15

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