Accession number
PML 352832
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
New York : Maecenas Press : Random House, 1969.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund; 1996.
Notes
First edition. Cf. Lovett & Lovett.
"2500 portfolios, numbered 1 to 2500, were printed on Mandeure paper. Each portfolio is signed on the frontispiece by the artist. Each portfolio contains 12 illustrations with an original remarque on each of these illustrations. One original colored etching signed in the plate is opposite the frontispiece"--Colophon.
"For this limited edition ... the etching and remarques were printed by Alteliers Rigal. The twelve illustrations were printed by M. Nourisson. The typography was set at the press of Ateliers Rigals. Portfolios by Caronnages Adine. Printed in France in 1969"--Page [153].
Library's copy is no. 1543.
"2500 portfolios, numbered 1 to 2500, were printed on Mandeure paper. Each portfolio is signed on the frontispiece by the artist. Each portfolio contains 12 illustrations with an original remarque on each of these illustrations. One original colored etching signed in the plate is opposite the frontispiece"--Colophon.
"For this limited edition ... the etching and remarques were printed by Alteliers Rigal. The twelve illustrations were printed by M. Nourisson. The typography was set at the press of Ateliers Rigals. Portfolios by Caronnages Adine. Printed in France in 1969"--Page [153].
Library's copy is no. 1543.
Description
[12], 150, [3] pages : illustrations ; 43 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Illustrator's signature in pencil on title page as issued.
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Binding
In 17 unbound, unstitched gatherings (one for each chapter plus three prefatory material and two of blanks); in brown portfolio. Issued in off-white cloth clamshell box (47 cm) backed in tan leather fastened with leather and ivory clasps.
Classification
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