Accession number
PML 195862
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2013.
Notes
Letters in French, Dutch, and English; printed text and typescripts in German and Dutch; newspaper clippings in English and Dutch.
Items described in individual records are: the published editions (PML 195862.1-3), the original drawings (PML 195862.4-5), and the woodblock (PML 195862.6).
Items described in individual records are: the published editions (PML 195862.1-3), the original drawings (PML 195862.4-5), and the woodblock (PML 195862.6).
Description
44 items : ill. ; 42 cm
Provenance
Collection of W. A. Meeuws.
Summary
Collection of 7 autograph letters signed by Frans Masereel to Mouette Press publisher W. A. Meeuws, 6 typed letters signed by Meeuws to Masereel, 3 copies of the book in Dutch and German on 2 different papers, 3 maquettes with accompanying typescripts used to set type in both languages, 4 paper samples, 10 proofs of illustrations, 1 engraved woodblock, 2 original drawings (all by Masereel), 2 newspaper clippings of F.M. obituaries, plus correspondence from printer Stanislaw Gliwy, illustrator Paul Peter Piech, the bookbinding firm of George Bayntun, publishers and printers Pierre Vorms, Stamperia Valdonega, Mercatorfonds, and the Academie Royale de Belgique concerning Masereel and the Mouette Press publication of Schilfers Hebben Scherpe Kanten [=Splitter Haben Scharfe Kanten] by Jos Vandeloo, illustrated with 1 woodcut frontispiece by Masereel, 8 linocuts by Paul Peter Piech, and 1 linocut engraved by Gliwy after Masereel's design, printed by Oficyna Stanislaw Gliwa, Oxford, 1974.
Binding
Housed together in black solander box.
Classification
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