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The Gehenna florilegium

Title
The Gehenna florilegium / poems by Anthony Hecht ; woodcuts by Leonard Baskin.
Author
Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004.
Publication
[Rockport, Me. : Gehenna Press], 1998.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Amer. 1998 04-46Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000.
  • Larson, Arthur, printer.
  • Cohen, Claudia, 1953-
  • Gehenna Press. pbl
Description
[65] p. : col. ill.; 42 cm.
Subject
  • Flowers > Poetry
  • Flowers in art
Note
  • "Fifty copies ... printed ... ten copies numbered 1-10 contain a page of Anthony Hecht's manuscript, three drawings by Baskin and one of the blocks; these copies also include a suite of the woodcuts printed in black with several colored by the artist. Copies 11-50 constitute the regular edition. All the prints were numbered & signed by the artist. The colophon is signed by Hecht & Baskin"--Colophon.
  • Printed on white and gray handmade paper watermarked: Zecchi Firenze.
  • Illustrations: 15 prints : woodcut, col. ; full-page. -- Woodcut ornament on t.p., printed in gold. "The woodcuts were printed from the maple blocks; they & the letterpress were printed by Arthur Larson of Hadley, Massachusetts"--Colophon.
  • Binding: Publisher's quarter olive drab cloth and olive green paste paper boards, gilt; salmon leather backstrip and front cover onlay, gilt. Issued in a beige cloth solander case with paste paper backstrip and edges; salmon leather spine label, gilt. "Hand-bound by Claudia Cohen"--Colophon.
Contents
Long-distance vision -- A fall -- Public gardens -- The voice -- Secrets -- An Orphic calling -- Indolence -- Despair -- Witness -- A pledge -- A pair of heroes -- Illumination -- Là-bas: a trance -- Look deep -- Sisters.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1998 04-46
LCCN
00537228
OCLC
NYPG04-B641
Author
Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004.
Title
The Gehenna florilegium / poems by Anthony Hecht ; woodcuts by Leonard Baskin.
Imprint
[Rockport, Me. : Gehenna Press], 1998.
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy is no. 14; signed in pencil by the poet and the artist.
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy: Each print numbered 14/50 and signed in pencil by the artist.
Added Author
Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000. Woodcutter
Larson, Arthur, printer. Printer
Larson, Arthur, printer. Printer of plates
Cohen, Claudia, 1953- Binder
Gehenna Press. Publisher
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1998 04-46
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