Research Catalog

Title

Cheloniidae : sea turtles : etchings and wood engravings / by Alan James Robinson.

Author

Robinson, Alan James

Publication

Easthampton, Mass. : Cheloniidæ Press, 1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cohen, Claudia, 1953-
• Geraty, Peter
• Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860.
• Kelm, Daniel E.
• Krohn, Sara
• Larson, Arthur (Printer)
• Lembke, Linda
• Lintvedt, Greta
• McGrath, Harold
• Mackenzie-Harris Corporation, compositor
• Paper Route, papermaker
• Wide Awake Garage, bookbinder

Description

2 volumes : chiefly illustrations; 38 cm

Alternative Title

Sea turtles

Subject

• Cheloniidae > Pictorial works
• Reptiles > Pictorial works
• Cheloniidae
• Reptiles

Genre/Form

• Pictorial works.
• Private press books – Massachusetts – Easthampton – 1986.
• Artists' books – Massachusetts – Easthampton – 1986.

Note

• Issued in a case, 41 x 31 cm.
• Half-title: Cheloniidæ.
• The main vol. consists of text ([4] leaves), excerpted from Johnson's natural history by S.G. Goodrich, and 8 etchings on handmade green Japanese paper. The portfolio, entitled "Prints," contains hand-colored, numbered and signed prints of the same etchings found in the main vol. (except for the frontispiece)--and a signed ink and watercolor drawing of the head of the hawksbill turtle.
• "Cheloniidae was designed by Alan James Robinson. The text was set in Centaur and Arrighi by Mackenzie Harris of San Francisco, California. Additional hand composition was completed by Arthur Larson. Forty-one copies of this book were printed at Cheloniidae Press in Easthampton, Massachusetts in the spring of 1987. Robinson made the etchings and the wood engravings especially for this editon. The twenty-six full cloth portfolios were executed by Claudia Cohen. Daniel E. Kelm of the Wide Awake Garage designed and bound the fifteen deluxe editions. Peter Geraty & LInda Lembke produced the tray-cases. The wax sculpture of a sea turtle was made by Alan and cast in paper made by Sara Krohn of the Paper Route. Greta Lintvedt printed the seven etchings at the Press on Rives BFK and on a handmade Japanese paper, Moriki. Alan water-colored the extra suite of etchings. All those who had a hand in the making of the book & the portfolio work in shops at One Cottage Street, Easthampton, Massachusetts. Cheloniidae is the family name for sea turtles. This portfolio depicts the generally recognized species of sea turtles; Green Turtle, Hawksbill Turtle, and Pacific Ridley Turtle. Johnson's Natural History, illustrating and describing the Animal Kingdom, with its wonder and curiosities, from man, through all the divisions, classes, and orders, to the Animalculae in a drop of water; Volume II, by S.G. Goodrich, is the source of the text. Special thanks to master pressman Harold Patrick McGrath. This is copy number -." -- colophon.

Provenance (note)

• Inscribed: in graphite, on each etching and on colophon.

Binding (note)

• Bound in quarter green leather and linen with a leather panel; a cast paper sculpture of a sea turtle is mounted on the cover; with matching linen case that has the title pasted on the spine.

Call Number

Rare Books+ 21-574

OCLC

16729621

Author

Robinson, Alan James, book designer.

Title

Cheloniidae : sea turtles : etchings and wood engravings / by Alan James Robinson.

Imprint

Easthampton, Mass. : Cheloniidæ Press, 1987.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Inscribed: in graphite, on each etching and on colophon. NN

Binding

Bound in quarter green leather and linen with a leather panel; a cast paper sculpture of a sea turtle is mounted on the cover; with matching linen case that has the title pasted on the spine. NN

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books+ 21-574 is no. 11 of 15 copies.

Copy in Rare Books+ 21-574 is inscribed by the artist on each etching and drawing and on the colophon. Colophon labled "Artist Proof."

Copy in Rare Books+ 21-574 most illustrations inscribed by the artist to Arnold and Mimi Elkind.

Copy in Rare Books+ 21-574 includes 2 copies of the prospectus, both inscribed in graphite, and one description.

Added Author

Cohen, Claudia, 1953- bookbinder.

Geraty, Peter, bookbinder.

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860. Illustrated natural history of the animal kingdom.

Kelm, Daniel E., bookbinder.

Krohn, Sara, papermaker.

Larson, Arthur (Printer), compositor.

Lembke, Linda, bookbinder.

Lintvedt, Greta, printer.

McGrath, Harold, printer.

Mackenzie-Harris Corporation, compositor.

Paper Route, papermaker.

Wide Awake Garage, bookbinder.

Research Call Number

Rare Books+ 21-574