Accession number
PML 186677
Creator
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Published
Paris : Harrison of Paris, [1930]
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
First edition.
"This, the first publication of Harrison of Paris, has been designed by Monroe Wheeler and printed in Paris in September, 1930, by Ducros & Colas. The edition consists of five copies on China paper, A-E; twenty copies on iridescent Japan vellum, I-XX; four hundred and forty copies on Arches vellum, 1-440; and ten copies not for sale and so marked"--Colophon.
Library's copy is number 368 on Arches vellum.
"This, the first publication of Harrison of Paris, has been designed by Monroe Wheeler and printed in Paris in September, 1930, by Ducros & Colas. The edition consists of five copies on China paper, A-E; twenty copies on iridescent Japan vellum, I-XX; four hundred and forty copies on Arches vellum, 1-440; and ten copies not for sale and so marked"--Colophon.
Library's copy is number 368 on Arches vellum.
Description
70 pages ; 26 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Former owner's inscription in ink on title page: Monroe gave me this at Stone Blossom, 2 January 1950, [signed] Katherine Anne Porter.
Provenance
Katherine Anne Porter; Carter Burden.
Binding
Silver paper boards patterned with black "VA" monogram and backed in publisher's black cloth, housed in black paper board slipcase with silver printed label on right side panel as issued.
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