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J. H. Mason : a selection from the notebooks of a scholar-printer: PB 178-2003

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J. H. Mason : a selection from the notebooks of a scholar-printer

Maker(s)

Author: Mason, John Henry
Editor: Mason, John (son of John Henry)
Writer: Mason, John (son of John Henry)
Illustrator: Graham, Rigby
Publisher: Twelve by Eight
Printer: Orpheus Press
Printer: William Caple & Co. Ltd.

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Description

Made by his son John Mason ; illustrated by Rigby Graham.

Typed note on small piece of paper signed "John" tipped in below detials of Count Kessler illustration: "The drawing of Kessler is imaginative and really not a bit like he was".

Letter tipped in on back pastedown: John Mason to John Dreyfus 20.6.1968 re "Cranach" papers

[43]p, : ill. ; 23 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1961

Note

"Hand-set at the Orpheus Press and printed for The Twelve by Eight by William Caple & Co. Ltd., Leicester"-- t.p. verso. "Bound in linson"--t.p, verso.

People, subjects and objects depicted

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 178-2003
Primary reference Number: 95767
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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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