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The defense of Gracchus Babeuf before the High Court of Vendôme
- Title
- The defense of Gracchus Babeuf before the High Court of Vendôme / edited & translated, with an essay on Babeuf, by John Anthony Scott ; with twenty-one etched portraits by Thomas Cornell.
- Author
- Babeuf, Gracchus, 1760-1797
- Publication
- Northampton [Massachusetts] : Gehenna Press, 1964.
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- Description
- 83 pages, 21 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits; 33 cm
- Summary
- This volume contains English translations of selections from Babeuf's Défense générale; also Maréchal's Manifesto of Equals and Babeuf's "peroration, his last words to the court, addressed to his children"--Prospectus.
- Uniform Title
- Défense générale. Selections. English
- Alternative Title
- Défense générale.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Private press books – Northampton (Mass.) – 1964.
- Artists' books – Northampton (Mass.) – 1964.
- Note
- Translated selections from Babeuf's Défense générale.
- "Manifeste des Égaux," by Sylvain Maréchal (English translation): p. 61-[64].
- "Three hundred copies of this book were printed at the Gehenna Press in Northampton, Mass., the work finished during March 1964. The type throughout is Baskerville. The paper is Nideggen made in Germany. Harold McGrath was the pressman. The suite of etchings were printed by Emiliano Sorini in New York" -- colophon.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Provenance (note)
- Inscribed: in graphite, on colophon and on each portrait.
- Binding (note)
- Issued in quires laid into a brown leather case; with brown linen and brown leather clamshell box.
- Call Number
- Rare Books+ 21-542
- LCCN
- 80491163
- OCLC
- 6710520
- Author
- Babeuf, Gracchus, 1760-1797, author.
- Title
- The defense of Gracchus Babeuf before the High Court of Vendôme / edited & translated, with an essay on Babeuf, by John Anthony Scott ; with twenty-one etched portraits by Thomas Cornell.
- Publisher
- Northampton [Massachusetts] : Gehenna Press, 1964.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Provenance
- Inscribed: in graphite, on colophon and on each portrait. NN
- Binding
- Issued in quires laid into a brown leather case; with brown linen and brown leather clamshell box. NN
- Local Note
- Copy in Rare Books+ 21-542 is no. 62 of 300 copies.Copy in Rare Books+ 21-542 contains 6 uncut gatherings with 21 portraits laid in; each portait individually numbered in graphite as one of 50 and each portrait signed in graphite by Cornell.Copy in Rare Books+ 21-542 signed in graphite, on colophon and each portrait is also signed and numbered.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1789 - 1799
- Chronological Term
- 1789-1799
- Added Author
- Scott, John Anthony, 1916-2010, editor, translator, author.Cornell, Thomas, illustrator.Sorini, Emiliano, printer.Baskin, Leonard.McGrath, Harold, printer.Maréchal, Sylvain, 1750-1803. Manifeste des Égaux. English. 1964.Gehenna Press, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Rare Books+ 21-542