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Venice saved from the sea

Title
Venice saved from the sea / prints by John Ross ; text by various authors.
Author
Ross, John, 1921-2017.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : High Tide Press, ©1995.

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TextRestricted use Rare Books+ 20-723Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
High Tide Press, publisher.
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 29 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
Artists' books – New York (State) – New York – 1995.
Note
  • "This book has been conceived, designed, illustrated and printed by John Ross ... The large illustration is a soft-ground etching; the small prints are collographs ... The binding is by James Di Marcantonio ... Fifteen copies in this edition"--Colophon.
  • One sheet (56 cm. x 117 cm.), printed on both sides, folded in two (top to bottom), then folded again accordion style and pasted to the lower board.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "John Ross."
Binding (note)
  • Bound in publisher's decorative blue cloth boards; issued in blue cloth slipcase with printed label.
Contents
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1833 -- Fynes Moryson, 1617 -- Charles Dickens, 1846 -- George Eliot, 1860 -- Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1818 -- Canon Pietro Casola, 1494 -- Phillippe De Commynes, 1495 -- George Sand, 1854 -- Lord Byron, 1818 -- William Beckford, 1780.
Call Number
Rare Books+ 20-723
LCCN
2002554275
OCLC
48061705
Author
Ross, John, 1921-2017.
Title
Venice saved from the sea / prints by John Ross ; text by various authors.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : High Tide Press, ©1995.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "John Ross." NN
Binding
Bound in publisher's decorative blue cloth boards; issued in blue cloth slipcase with printed label. NN
Local Note
Copy in Rare Books+ 20-723 is no. 14 of 15 copies.
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Added Author
High Tide Press, publisher.
Research Call Number
Rare Books+ 20-723
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