Research Catalog

Title

All for love : Antony, Cleopatra : a romantic tragedy, the masterpiece of John Dryden.

Author

Dryden, John, 1631-1700.

Publication

[Kentfield, Calif.] : Produced by hand at the Allen Press, 1976.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Allen, Lewis M.
• Allen, Dorothy, 1908-
• Allen Press. prt

Description

[94] p. : ill. (some col.); 34 cm.

Alternative Title

Antony, all for love, Cleopatra

Subject

• Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. > Drama
• Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. > Drama
• Papyrus (Writing material) > Specimens
• Egypt > History > 332-30 B.C. > Drama

Genre/Form

• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Menhart Unciala.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Hadriano.
• Paintings – Egypt – 20th century.
• Mosaic bindings (Binding) – Great Britain – 20th century.

Note

• "Edition limited to one hundred forty copies. The type faces are Menhart Unciala for the text, and Hadriano for display; both types were set by hand. The all-rag paper was made by hand at St. Cuthberts Mill, England, to our specifications, and bears the watermark of this press ... Printed and bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen, Kentfield, California"--P. [5].
• "Frontispiece: Queen Cleopatra, painted by hand on papyrus by artists at Cairo, Egypt"--P. [5].
• With 5 hand-col. engraved decorations depicting Egyptian deities, etc. "The engravings were illuminated by Dorothy Allen"--P. 5. Egyptian hieroglyphs and symbols in margins, printed in several colors.
• Issued in slipcase.

Binding (note)

• Binding: Yellow-ochre morocco with black, purple, and red inlays and black tooling in an Egyprian motif; gold leaf on central cutout on both boards; title on spine in red with black tooling. By Arthur W. Johnson, 1977 (initialed "A.J." and dated on back turn-in). In red cloth solander case with red morocco spine label, lined in pink suedecloth.

Call Number

*KP+ (Allen) 76-291

LCCN

76375877

OCLC

2913410

Author

Dryden, John, 1631-1700.

Title

All for love : Antony, Cleopatra : a romantic tragedy, the masterpiece of John Dryden.

Imprint

[Kentfield, Calif.] : Produced by hand at the Allen Press, 1976.

Binding

Spencer Coll. copy: Binding: Yellow-ochre morocco with black, purple, and red inlays and black tooling in an Egyprian motif; gold leaf on central cutout on both boards; title on spine in red with black tooling. By Arthur W. Johnson, 1977 (initialed "A.J." and dated on back turn-in). In red cloth solander case with red morocco spine label, lined in pink suedecloth.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy: Gift of Maggy Magerstadt Rosner; with her book label.

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Added Author

Allen, Lewis M. Printer

Allen, Dorothy, 1908- Printer

Allen Press. Printer

Johnson, Arthur W. Binder

Rosner, Maggy Magerstadt, 1923-2011, donor.

Research Call Number

*KP+ (Allen) 76-291

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1976 06-406