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The mother's birds : images for a death and a birth: PB 841156

Object information

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Titles

The mother's birds : images for a death and a birth

Maker(s)

Author: Craighead, Meinrad
Illustrator: Craighead, Meinrad
Publisher: Stanbrook Abbey Press
Binder (person): Percival, George

Categories

Description

[41]p : ill ; 23 x 23cm.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Hall, David J.

Dating

Production date: AD 1976

Note

"The text of this book was handset in 'Spectrum' type ... The drawings ... were reproduced by offset lithography at Skelton's Press, Wellingborough. This edition of 240 copies comprises: forty signed copies printed on 'Chatham' handmade paper, of which 10 sets of sheets numbered [1]-[10] have been reserved for special binding; thirty copies, numbers I-XXX, bound in full leather with endpapers of 'De Wint' mould-made, and slip case; two hundred copies on cartridge paper, of which numbers 1-50 have been bound in quarter-leather with 'De Wint' paper sides and numbers 51-200 in 'De Wint' paper covers. All the edition bindings were executed by George Percival of Leicester."--Colophon. Museum has no. 185 signed by the author & printer.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 841156
Primary reference Number: 108053
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The mother's birds : images for a death and a birth" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/108053 Accessed: 2024-03-19 03:37:28

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/108053 |title=The mother's birds : images for a death and a birth |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-19 03:37:28|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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