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Sight and touch : in Spanish, English and French

Title
Sight and touch : in Spanish, English and French / Octavio Paz ; with three woodcuts by Balthus.
Author
Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998.
Publication
[New York] : Limited Editions Club, ©1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Balthus, 1908-2001
  • Weinberger, Eliot
  • Esteban, Claude
  • Carr, Dan, 1951-2012
  • Ferrari, Julia
  • Shinohara, Keiji, 1955-
  • Golgonooza Letter Foundry, compositor.
  • Wild Carrot Letterpress, printer.
  • Limited Editions Club, publisher.
Description
[15] pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : 3 color illustrations; 60 cm
Uniform Title
Vista, el tacto. Polyglot
Alternative Title
  • Vista, el tacto.
  • Vista, el tacto
  • Vue, le toucher
Genre/Form
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Lutetia (Monotype)
  • Private press books – New York (State) – New York.
Note
  • Poem.
  • Translated into English by Eliot Weinberger, and into French by Claude Esteban.
  • Limited ed. of 300 copies, signed by the author and the artist.
  • Issued in drop-back box.
  • "Sight and Touch was designed by Dan Carr and printed in an edition of three hundred on handmade Kozo-Uwazen paper. The book was set in Monotype Lutetia by Julia Ferrari and Dan Carr at Golgonooza Letter Foundry, Ashuelot, New Hanmpshire and printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress, Hadley, Massachusetts. The wood blocks were cut and editioned by Keiji Shinohara." -- colophon.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed: in graphite, on colophon.
Binding (note)
  • Bound in publisher's quarter linen cloth with goatskin spine with printed title pasted on cover; in matching linen covered clamshell box with leather title on cover.
Call Number
Rare Books+++ 21-800
LCCN
2010668344
OCLC
666513354
Author
Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998.
Title
Sight and touch : in Spanish, English and French / Octavio Paz ; with three woodcuts by Balthus.
Imprint
[New York] : Limited Editions Club, ©1994.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Inscribed: in graphite, on colophon. NN
Binding
Bound in publisher's quarter linen cloth with goatskin spine with printed title pasted on cover; in matching linen covered clamshell box with leather title on cover. NN
Local Note
Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-800 is no. 224 of 300 copies.
Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-801 is no. 131 of 300 copies.
Copies in Rare Books+++ 21-800 and Rare Books+++ 21-801 signed by Octovio Paz and Balthus.
Copy in Rare Books+++ 21-800 contains The Limited Editions Club newsletter No. 574, series 55, vol. 1 (Jan 1995); copy in Rare Books+++ 21-800 contains The Limited Editions Club newsletter No. 574, series 55, vol. 1 (Jan 1995) and edition description.
Added Author
Balthus, 1908-2001, ill.
Weinberger, Eliot, translator.
Esteban, Claude, translator.
Carr, Dan, 1951-2012, book designer.
Ferrari, Julia, compositor.
Shinohara, Keiji, 1955- printer.
Golgonooza Letter Foundry, compositor.
Wild Carrot Letterpress, printer.
Limited Editions Club, publisher.
Research Call Number
Rare Books+++ 21-800
Rare Books+++ 21-801
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