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Beasts and citizens : forty fables of La Fontaine

Title
Beasts and citizens : forty fables of La Fontaine / translated by Craig Hill ; with a suite of eight etchings by Andrew Stevovich.
Author
La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.
Publication
Concord, Mass. : Palm Press, c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Hill, Craig.
  • Stevovich, Andrew, 1948-
  • Bixler, Michael.
  • Bixler, Winifred.
  • Gralla, Howard I.
  • Stroud, James.
  • DiMarcantonio, Jim.
  • Palm Press (Concord, Mass.) pbl
  • Center Street Studio. pop
  • Hope Bindery & Box Company. bnd
Description
87 p. : ill.; 37 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Garamond (Monotype)
Note
  • "Published in an edition of 131 copies including thirty-one artist's proofs"--Colophon.
  • "Composition in Monotype Garamond and letterpress printing on Rives BFK by Michael & Winifred Bixler, Skaneateles, New York. Typography by Howard I. Gralla, New Haven, Connecticut. The eight original prints ... were etched and hand printed by James Stroud with the assistance of Matthew Robison at Center Street Studio, Boston, Massachusetts. Craig Hill's reading of the text was recorded by Brad Meyers, Point One Audio, Lincoln, Massachusetts"--Colophon.
  • Accompanying CD (c2001 by Craig Hill): Beasts and citizens : forty fables of La Fontaine / translated & read by Craig Hill. Published by Palm Press, Inc. Recording produced by Point One Audio, Lincoln, Massachusetts, and manufactured by BASE Multimedia, Nepean, Ontario, Canada.
  • Includes index.
Provenance (note)
  • Gift of Craig Hill.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's red cloth. Issued in black cloth slipcase; CD is housed in a compartment in the slipcase. "Binding and slipcases were designed and crafted by Jim DiMarcantonio, Hope Bindery & Box Company, Providence, Rhode Island"--Colophon.
Call Number
*KP+ (Bixler) 09-178
ISBN
  • 0970762607
  • 9780970762603
OCLC
430968351
Author
La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.
Title
Beasts and citizens : forty fables of La Fontaine / translated by Craig Hill ; with a suite of eight etchings by Andrew Stevovich.
Imprint
Concord, Mass. : Palm Press, c2000.
Edition
Limited ed.
Local Note
NYPL copy is no. 28; signed by the translator and the artist.
Binding
Publisher's red cloth. Issued in black cloth slipcase; CD is housed in a compartment in the slipcase. "Binding and slipcases were designed and crafted by Jim DiMarcantonio, Hope Bindery & Box Company, Providence, Rhode Island"--Colophon.
Provenance
Gift of Craig Hill. NN
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Place of Publication
United States Massachusetts Concord.
United States New York Skaneateles.
Added Author
Hill, Craig.
Stevovich, Andrew, 1948- Illustrator
Bixler, Michael. Printer
Bixler, Winifred. Printer
Gralla, Howard I. Typographer
Palm Press (Concord, Mass.) Publisher
Stroud, James. Printer of plates
Center Street Studio. Printer of plates
DiMarcantonio, Jim. Binder
Hope Bindery & Box Company. Binder
Research Call Number
*KP+ (Bixler) 09-178
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