The paper makers craft
Author:
Bayldon, Oliver
Author:
Imberdis, Jean, 1667-1747?
Illustrator:
Graham, Rigby
Publisher:
Twelve by Eight
Printer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Rampant Lions Press
Verse by Oliver Bayldon ; illustrations by Rigby Graham.
'free translation from a 17th century Latin poem 'Papyrus' by Father Imberdis S.J. of Ambert'.
[6],19p, [8] leaves of plates : ill ; 31cm.
Method of acquisition: Bought (1977)
Production date: AD 1965
"Most of the white paper used for the text is from Millbourn at Tuckenhay in Devon. The small amount of thinner white was made at Wookey Hole in Somerset. Jack Green produced the grey green sheets at his Hayle Mill in Kent. The rest of the coloured paper is from my [i.e. John Mason] Twelve by Eight Private Mill in Leicester... Of this edition there are less than four hundred copies ..." Museum has no. 335 signed by John Mason. Bound in cream paper over boards, gold stamped with publisher's emblem on upper board and lettering on spine.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: PB 770856
Primary reference Number: 102734
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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