Accession number
PML 184359
Published
Paris : Harrison ; New York : Minton, Balch and Company, [1931]
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
"This is the fifth publication of Harrison of Paris. Designed by Monroe Wheeler ... printed ... by Aimé Jourde, in Paris, in August, 1931."
Volume issued with a cardboard knife for opening the folded pages, labeled "Paper knife for Fables of Aesop".
665 copies printed; including 50 copies on Guarro's Spanish rag paper, with an original drawing signed by the artist and numbered I-L, and 595 copies on Auvergne hand-made paper, numbered 1-595.
Library has copy no. 507 of 595 on Auvergne hand-made paper.
Volume issued with a cardboard knife for opening the folded pages, labeled "Paper knife for Fables of Aesop".
665 copies printed; including 50 copies on Guarro's Spanish rag paper, with an original drawing signed by the artist and numbered I-L, and 595 copies on Auvergne hand-made paper, numbered 1-595.
Library has copy no. 507 of 595 on Auvergne hand-made paper.
Description
124, [3] p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Gift inscription in blue crayon on front flyleaf: Best wishes to Muriel + Malcolm + Robbie / Louisa + Sandy Xmas 1941.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Binding
Blue-gray paper over boards, in red slipcase, as issued.
Classification
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