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The Helen fragments : from books three & six of Homer's Iliad

Title
The Helen fragments : from books three & six of Homer's Iliad / translated by Richard Seibert ; drawings by Winifred McNeill.
Author
Homer
Publication
Berkeley : Editions Koch, 2003.
Supplementary Content
Publisher's description

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Amer. 2003 11-102Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Seibert, Richard
  • McNeill, Winifred
  • Koch, Max, 1979-
  • DeMerritt, John
  • Heifner, Victoria
  • Kimball, David
  • Editions Koch. pbl
  • Peter Koch, Printer. prt
  • Magnolia Papermill. ppm
Description
[120] p. : ill.; 29 cm.
Uniform Title
Iliad. Book 3. English. Selections
Alternative Title
Iliad. Book 3.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Livres d'artistes – United States – 21st century.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Quadraat.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Wilson Greek.
Note
  • "Printed in an edition of 150 copies by Max Koch at Peter Koch Printers"--Colophon.
  • "The typeface is Quadraat, designed by Fred Smeijers, & the epigraph is in Mathiew Carter's Wilson Greek. The text is printed on Zerkall Bütten-Karton. The cover paper, made especially for this edition, is by David Kimball at the Magnolia Papermill. The binding, from the model by Victoria Heifner, is by John DeMerritt, Bookbinder"--Colophon.
  • "Each of the fifty fragments is accompanied by a drawing that has been reconfigured digitally under the supervision of the artist and printed letterpress from polymer plates"--Publisher's description, retrieved May 27, 2011. Illustrations and verse fragments on opposite pages.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's stiff beige paper; non-adhesive binding structure, with exposed long stiching on spine, reinforced with vellum tabs. In buff paper covered chemise and slipcase; slipcase with orange paper spine label.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 2003 11-102
OCLC
55026604
Author
Homer.
Title
The Helen fragments : from books three & six of Homer's Iliad / translated by Richard Seibert ; drawings by Winifred McNeill.
Imprint
Berkeley : Editions Koch, 2003.
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy is no. 22; signed in pencil by Seibert and McNeill.
Binding
Publisher's stiff beige paper; non-adhesive binding structure, with exposed long stiching on spine, reinforced with vellum tabs. In buff paper covered chemise and slipcase; slipcase with orange paper spine label.
Local Note
Prospectus ([4] p.) in envelope, laid in.
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Publisher's description
Place of Publication
United States California Berkeley.
Added Author
Homer. Iliad. Book 6. English. Selections.
Seibert, Richard.
McNeill, Winifred. Illustrator
Koch, Max, 1979- Printer
DeMerritt, John. Binder
Heifner, Victoria. Binding designer
Kimball, David. Papermaker
Editions Koch. Publisher
Peter Koch, Printer. Printer
Magnolia Papermill. Papermaker
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 2003 11-102
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