Accession number
PML 150376
Published
Hammersmith : Eragny Press, 1907.
Credit line
Bequest; Miss Julia P. Wightman; 1994.
Notes
This edition is stricktly limited to 80 copies on paper and 8 on vellum. Of the paper copies, 75 are printed in red & black throughout & 5 in grey and orange. Sold by the Eragny Press." --p. [50].
"In this edition of Riquet à la houppe the first version is by Ch. Perrault and the second, taken from a manuscript in the Mazarine Library, Paris, is by an unknown author of the XVIIth century"-- p. [49] The latter version is by Catherine Bernard. Cf. Dict. des lettres françaises.
"The two illustrations were designed and engraved on the wood by Lucien Pissarro. The ornaments and initial letters were designed by L. Pissarro & engraved by E. Pissarro. The book has been printed by them at their Eragny Press, The Brook, Hammersmith, & finished in April, 1907."--p. [49].
Two colored woodcut initials.
One of 8 copies on vellum.
"In this edition of Riquet à la houppe the first version is by Ch. Perrault and the second, taken from a manuscript in the Mazarine Library, Paris, is by an unknown author of the XVIIth century"-- p. [49] The latter version is by Catherine Bernard. Cf. Dict. des lettres françaises.
"The two illustrations were designed and engraved on the wood by Lucien Pissarro. The ornaments and initial letters were designed by L. Pissarro & engraved by E. Pissarro. The book has been printed by them at their Eragny Press, The Brook, Hammersmith, & finished in April, 1907."--p. [49].
Two colored woodcut initials.
One of 8 copies on vellum.
Description
48, [3] p. : 2 col. ill. ; 13 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Turquoise levant; in a gray patterned cloth slip case. Bound by Donnelly.
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