Shelfmark
Lu.3.32(01)-Lu.3.32(02)
Author
Collective uniform title
Poems. English
Title
The fables of Jean de la Fontaine / newly translated into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques le Clercq; with title-page and decorations engraved on copper by Rudolph Ruzicka.
Publication, distribution, etc.
New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1930.
Physical description
2v (xx, [2], 266 ; xiv, 398, [6]p) : ill. (copper engravings) ; 22cm.
Note
Printed by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press.
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Both vols with an engraved title-page.
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Vol 2 with final advertisement leaf.
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Both vols with publisher's blue buckram binding with lettering and decoration stamped in gold on soine and device stamped in gold on front board ; housed in original blue card slipcase with printed title label.
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Some leaves unopened.
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ECL copy: No. 1278 of 1500 and signed by illustrator.
Note
Both vols with ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Provenance
Both vols with booklabel and stamp of Eton College Library.
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Ruzicka, Rudolph, 1883 - 1978 metal-engraver.
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Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860 - 1941 printer.
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United States New York New York.
Language code
eng fre
Identifier
B25044