Accession number
PML 198499
Creator
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
Published
[North Hatfield, Mass.] : Pennyroyal Press, 2020.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2020.
Notes
"This edition...marks two anniversaries[:] the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the Narrative's first appearance, and the fiftieth anniversary of the first publication from Pennyroyal Press."
"The images herein were composed, drawn & engraved by Barry Moser and were printed from the blocks by Thomas Leech & James Bourland at the Press at the Palace of Governors in Sante Fe, New Mexico."
"Sixty copies..were printed... Ten copies, lettered A through J, have been reserved in sheets for bookbinders. The typeface is Pennyroyal Book designed in 2018 by David Jonathan Ross especially for Barry Moser and Pennyroyal Press. It appears here for the first time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Press. The text paper is Zerkall Book. The engravings are printed on a vintage Whatman mould made sheet. The marbled papers are by Tom Leech."--Colophon.
Library's copy is number 6, signed by Barry Moser, as issued.
"The images herein were composed, drawn & engraved by Barry Moser and were printed from the blocks by Thomas Leech & James Bourland at the Press at the Palace of Governors in Sante Fe, New Mexico."
"Sixty copies..were printed... Ten copies, lettered A through J, have been reserved in sheets for bookbinders. The typeface is Pennyroyal Book designed in 2018 by David Jonathan Ross especially for Barry Moser and Pennyroyal Press. It appears here for the first time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Press. The text paper is Zerkall Book. The engravings are printed on a vintage Whatman mould made sheet. The marbled papers are by Tom Leech."--Colophon.
Library's copy is number 6, signed by Barry Moser, as issued.
Description
122 pages, 14 leaves of plates : illustrations (wood engravings) ; 26.7 x 17.8 cm
Binding
Full beige cloth with paper label, printed in black and maroon, inlaid on front cover; with marbled endleaves; issued in maroon cloth box; bound at the workshop of Priscilla Spitler.
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