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Gulliver's travels: PB 364-2003

Object information

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Titles

Gulliver's travels

Maker(s)

Author: Swift, Jonathan
Contributor: Whistler, Laurence
Illustrator: Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher: Herbert Press
Designer: Hadfield, John
Printer: Butler & Tanner Ltd.
Binder (person): Butler & Tanner Ltd.

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Description

By Jonathan Swift ; illustrated by Rex Whistler ; with a foreword by Laurence Whistler.

256 p : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • London
  • Frome

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1984

Note

Contains all Whistler's drawing from the edition of Gulliver's travels published in 1930 by Cresset Press. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in brown and gold on spine. With illustrated dust-jacket.

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 364-2003
Primary reference Number: 98308
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Audit data

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