Accession number
PML 143053
Creator
Gautier, Judith, 1845-1917, translator.
Published
Hammersmith : The Eragny Press, The Brook, Hammersmith, London, W., 1911.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
At head of title: Judith Gautier, de l'Académie Goncourt.
Selections from Gautier's collected translations of poetry from the Chinese.
Preface in English by Diana White.
Text printed in red and gray with red ruling.
Pages folded in the traditional Japanese style and printed on one side only.
Illustrated with 8 wood engravings printed in five colors, including gold; wood engraved tailpieces and decorations all after L. Pissarro.
"In this, the 14th book printed in the Brook type, the colored illustrations & ornaments have been designed by Lucien Pissarro & engraved on the wood by Lucien and Esther Pissarro. The book has been printed by E. and L. Pissarro at their Eragny Press, with the help of T. Taylor, and finished in September, 1911. Sold by the Eragny Press, the Brook, Hammersmith, London, W."--Colophon, p. 26.
"This edition is strictly limited to 125 copies for sale and 5 copies for the Museums. Nos. 1 to 10 are on Roman vellum and the remainder on Japanese vellum."--p. 26.
Device of the Eragny Press below limitation statement.
Library has no. 116 on Japanese vellum.
Selections from Gautier's collected translations of poetry from the Chinese.
Preface in English by Diana White.
Text printed in red and gray with red ruling.
Pages folded in the traditional Japanese style and printed on one side only.
Illustrated with 8 wood engravings printed in five colors, including gold; wood engraved tailpieces and decorations all after L. Pissarro.
"In this, the 14th book printed in the Brook type, the colored illustrations & ornaments have been designed by Lucien Pissarro & engraved on the wood by Lucien and Esther Pissarro. The book has been printed by E. and L. Pissarro at their Eragny Press, with the help of T. Taylor, and finished in September, 1911. Sold by the Eragny Press, the Brook, Hammersmith, London, W."--Colophon, p. 26.
"This edition is strictly limited to 125 copies for sale and 5 copies for the Museums. Nos. 1 to 10 are on Roman vellum and the remainder on Japanese vellum."--p. 26.
Device of the Eragny Press below limitation statement.
Library has no. 116 on Japanese vellum.
Description
27 p. : col. ill. (wood engravings) ; 20 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Limp dark gray leather tooled in gold, with traditional East Asian sewing.
Classification
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