Cetacea, the great whales : etchings and wood engravings

Title
  1. Cetacea, the great whales : etchings and wood engravings / by Alan James Robinson.
Published by
  1. [Williamsburg, Mass. : Cheloniidae Press, 1982]
Author
  1. Robinson, Alan James.

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FormatTextAccessBy appointment onlyCall numberSpencer Coll. Amer. 1982 93-511Item locationSchwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional authors
  1. Bourbeau, David.
  2. Parrot, Gray.
  3. Hampshire Typothetae. prt
  4. Cheloniidae Press. pbl
Description
  1. 11 sheets, 7 prints : ill. ; 41 x 59 cm. +
Subject
  1. Whales in art
  2. Typefaces (Type evidence) > Garamond
  3. Whales
Genre/Form
  1. Typefaces (Type evidence) – Garamond.
Call number
  1. Spencer Coll. Amer. 1982 93-511
Note
  1. Place and date of publication from Cheloniidae Press list, 1986. Prospectus gives place of publication as Easthampton, Mass.
  2. Issued unbound, in a black oasis niger and black cloth portfolio, by David Bourbeau of Thistle Bindery; the leather covering front board is molded over a bas relief sculpture of a whale's head, by Alan James Robinson. Endleaves (2 sheets) of Tomoe Blue wave pattern decorative paper, one with blind embossed device of the Press.
  3. Accompanied by suite of the etchings (20 prints). Each print inscribed with a legend and the state and signed and dated in pencil; contains first and second state of the first etching and first to third states of each of the others. Issued in a quarter black oasis niger and black cloth portfolio with black leather label, which reads: Cetacea : state proofs.
  4. The 2 portfolios are contained in a quarter black oasis niger solander case, by Gray Parrot.
Indexed in (note)
  1. Books as art
Author
  1. Robinson, Alan James.
Title
  1. Cetacea, the great whales : etchings and wood engravings / by Alan James Robinson.
Imprint
  1. [Williamsburg, Mass. : Cheloniidae Press, 1982]
Indexed in:
  1. Books as art, 88
Local note
  1. 110 copies printed in black and red at Hampshire Typothetae, Hatfield, Mass., on Arches Cover Buff paper from Garamond type, "with 10 copies withheld as artist's proofs"--Colophon. Spencer Coll. copy designated "Suite E"; signed in pencil by the artist, the binders (David Bourbeau and Gray Parrot) and the printer, H.P. McGrath.
  2. Illustrations: 7 prints : etching, soft ground etching, drypoint, aquatint ; full-page. Printed by the artist at Cheloniidae Press. Each inscribed with a legend, designated "Suite E," signed and dated '81 in pencil. -- 2 prints : wood engraving, b&w ; image 12 x 93 cm., 13 x 19 cm. On t.p. and in colophon, respectively. Printed at Hampshire Typothetae. -- There are also 7 blind embossed reproductions of drawings of whales and 12 species range maps.
Added author
  1. Bourbeau, David. Binder
  2. Parrot, Gray. Binder
  3. Hampshire Typothetae. Printer
  4. Cheloniidae Press. Publisher
Research call number
  1. Spencer Coll. Amer. 1982 93-511
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