Accession number
PML 195087
Creator
Maritain, Raïssa.
Published
Worcester, England : Les Presses de Stanbrook, 1965.
Credit line
Gift of Caroline F. Schimmel and Stuart B. Schimmel in honor of William M. Griswold, 2008.
Notes
"Printed by the Stanbrook Abbey Press during 1964 & 1965 on Barcham Green's 'Eltham' handmade paper ... The portrait is lithographed by Messrs W.S. Cowell Ltd of Ipswich & the title devices are by Margaret Adams. The edition of 550 copies comprises copies numbers I-XX bound in full leather with Japanese endpapers and slip-case ... copies numbers XXI-L sheets only for special binding; copies numbers 1-500 bound in quarter leather with Japanese sides, endpapers & slip-case."--Colophon.
Printed in black, burgundy, and green on "Barcham Green Medieval laid and not Eltham, as described in the colophon."--Butcher, p. 89.
Robert Speaight's Preface was translated into French by Antoine Dumas of Hautecombe Abbey; the thirty poems were translated into English by Marcella van Bruyn. Cf. Butcher.
Library has copy no. XI.
Printed in black, burgundy, and green on "Barcham Green Medieval laid and not Eltham, as described in the colophon."--Butcher, p. 89.
Robert Speaight's Preface was translated into French by Antoine Dumas of Hautecombe Abbey; the thirty poems were translated into English by Marcella van Bruyn. Cf. Butcher.
Library has copy no. XI.
Description
xvii, 81 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 28 cm.
Provenance
From the collection of Stuart B. Schimmel.
Binding
Library's copy bound in full black morocco by George Percival; gilt spine titling; tree devices by Margaret and Harry Adams in gold on the front and back covers. Top and fore-edges gilt. Kinwashi Japanese handmade endpapers. Olive-green Mingei Japanese handmade paper-covered slipcase (Cf. Butcher).
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