Accession number
PML 251630-60
Published
Genève : Kundig, [1952]-1990.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collection of miniature books, each 96 pages, published between 1952 and 1990 at Geneva by André Kundig, "identified by him as "Miniscules." Volumes in this collection published 1985 and later have "SRO-Kundig" imprint.
See "Andŕe Kundig: editor and publisher of Kundig's Miniscules," by George H.M. Laurence in Miniature book news, # 23, (March, 1971).
In French, except for Idle thoughts and Goethes Gedanken.
Library lacks Pensées de Calvin (1979), Pensées de B. Constant (1980), Pensées sur la musique (1981), Pensées de J.W. Goethe (1982), Pensées scandinaves (1983), Goethes Gedanken (1983), Pensées sur le vin (1984), Pensées de V. Hugo (1985), Pensées slaves (1986), Pensées malgaches (1987), Pensées sur l'amitié (1988), Pensées sur la richesse (1990), and Pensées sur l'éducation (1992).
Collection of miniature books, each 96 pages, published between 1952 and 1990 at Geneva by André Kundig, "identified by him as "Miniscules." Volumes in this collection published 1985 and later have "SRO-Kundig" imprint.
See "Andŕe Kundig: editor and publisher of Kundig's Miniscules," by George H.M. Laurence in Miniature book news, # 23, (March, 1971).
In French, except for Idle thoughts and Goethes Gedanken.
Library lacks Pensées de Calvin (1979), Pensées de B. Constant (1980), Pensées sur la musique (1981), Pensées de J.W. Goethe (1982), Pensées scandinaves (1983), Goethes Gedanken (1983), Pensées sur le vin (1984), Pensées de V. Hugo (1985), Pensées slaves (1986), Pensées malgaches (1987), Pensées sur l'amitié (1988), Pensées sur la richesse (1990), and Pensées sur l'éducation (1992).
Description
44 titles in 46 volumes ; 40 mm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Volumes bound in various colors of imitation leather stamped in gilt.
Classification
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