Accession number
PML 197687
Creator
Schanilec, Gaylord.
Published
[Stockholm, Wisconsin] : Midnight Paper Sales, 2015.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2017.
Notes
Some illustrations are folded.
With "commentary on passage through the lake by Louis Hennepin, George Featherstonhaugh, Henry Schoolcraft, Geroge Catlin, Jonathan Carver, Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Charles Latrobe, Henry David Thoreau, and Oliver Gibbs Jr., with related excerpts from Harriet Bell Carlander, Geroge Wagner, Robert E. Coker, C. A. Lesueur, Thaddeus Surber, Paul Harder, and Mark Twain; an introduction by Patrick K. Coleman; and image captions & an epilogue by Gaylord Schanilec..."
Library's copy numbered 82.
PML copy includes 15 progressive proofs of the wood-engraved map; 9 progressive proofs of White Pelican illustration; 9 progressive proofs of Fresh Bass; 11 progressive proofs of Freshwater Drum; 16 progressive proofs (some two-sided) of Lake Pepin Mucket, Threehorn Wartyback, and Giant Floater plate; 8 leaves of progressive proofs in white booklet, entitled Gull & Buoy. Three prospectuses, dated February, 2013, April, 2014, and one undated issued with book; invitation to the publication party; and offprint of Matrix 30 (Whittington Press, 2011).
Also included in library's copy is 1 color drawing: image 29 x 18 cm on sheet 38 x 27 cm in mat 43 x 28, titled in pencil Unionidae: study 1, and signed by artist. In addition, 8 half shells of Lake Pepin Mucket, Threehorn Wartyback, and Giant Floater, which were used as models for plates on pages 45-46.
With "commentary on passage through the lake by Louis Hennepin, George Featherstonhaugh, Henry Schoolcraft, Geroge Catlin, Jonathan Carver, Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Charles Latrobe, Henry David Thoreau, and Oliver Gibbs Jr., with related excerpts from Harriet Bell Carlander, Geroge Wagner, Robert E. Coker, C. A. Lesueur, Thaddeus Surber, Paul Harder, and Mark Twain; an introduction by Patrick K. Coleman; and image captions & an epilogue by Gaylord Schanilec..."
Library's copy numbered 82.
PML copy includes 15 progressive proofs of the wood-engraved map; 9 progressive proofs of White Pelican illustration; 9 progressive proofs of Fresh Bass; 11 progressive proofs of Freshwater Drum; 16 progressive proofs (some two-sided) of Lake Pepin Mucket, Threehorn Wartyback, and Giant Floater plate; 8 leaves of progressive proofs in white booklet, entitled Gull & Buoy. Three prospectuses, dated February, 2013, April, 2014, and one undated issued with book; invitation to the publication party; and offprint of Matrix 30 (Whittington Press, 2011).
Also included in library's copy is 1 color drawing: image 29 x 18 cm on sheet 38 x 27 cm in mat 43 x 28, titled in pencil Unionidae: study 1, and signed by artist. In addition, 8 half shells of Lake Pepin Mucket, Threehorn Wartyback, and Giant Floater, which were used as models for plates on pages 45-46.
Description
66 pages, 10 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), folded color map (wood engraving); 40 cm + misc. leaves and objects
Binding
Bound in quarter maroon leather, marbled sides (by Jemma Lewis) with flatback, lap-case structure, spine lettered in gold, issued in maroon cloth drop-spine box, lined in blue silk, printed paper label on cover, designed and executed by Craig Jensen and Leigh Ann Jensen.
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