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Anna Karenina: PB 247-2003

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Titles

Anna Karenina

Maker(s)

Author: Tolstoy, Leo
Translator: Garnett, Constance
Editor: Spett, Gustavus
Translator: Guerney, Bernard Guilbert
Illustrator: Freedman, Barnett
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Dreyfus, John
Printer: Cambridge University Press
Printer: Curwen Press (Possibly)

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Description

By Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Constance Garnett ; the text edited and revised by Gustavus Spett and the translation revised by Bernard Guilbert Guerney ; illustrated with lithographs by Barnett Freedman.

2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • Cambridge (Cambs.)
  • London

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1951

Note

Fifteen hundred copies of this edition...have been printed for members of The Limited Editions Club. The illustrations are auto-lithographs drawn on the stone by Barnett Freedman and printed at the Curwen Press"--Colophon Museum has unnumbered copy signed by Barnett Freedman. Bound in cloth with illustration by Barnett Freedman. Lacks slipcase.

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 247-2003
Primary reference Number: 95776

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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