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Lucretius on life & death / translated in the metre of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat by W.H. Mallock ; with an introduction by Frank E. Hartman & decorations in color by Calvin Brazelton.

Accession number
PML 251252
Creator
Lucretius Carus, Titus.
Published
Skokie, Ill. : Black Cat Press, 1976.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Title page printed in blue and black.
"Set entirely by hand ... by Norman W. Forgue ... Willem Muns and Larry DeVera executed the color separations, plate work, stripping and presswork ... Printed in an edition of 249 copies ... Bound in the studio of Bela Blau. Design & typography by N.W.F."--Colophon.
Housed in box labelled Black Cat Press / Norman W. Forgue.
Description
51 pages : color illustrations ; 72 mm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Full black calf with title surrounded by decorative border stamped in gilt; spine stamped in gilt; purple and green marbled endpapers.
Classification
Department