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Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild's livre d'or: PB 129-2004

Object information

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Titles

Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild's livre d'or

Maker(s)

Editor: Pope-Hennessy, James
Publisher: Roxburghe Club
Printer: Cambridge University Press
Printer: Crutchley, Brooke
Printer: Oxford University Press
Illustrator: Excoffon, Roger

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Description

Edited by James Pope-Hennessy.

Consists of facsims. of holographs by 57 prominent persons from F. de Rothschild's album amicorum, 1873-1896; each facsim. with descriptive letterpress and a transcription.

Xix, [2], 240, [3] p ; 30 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Cambridge (Cambs.)
  • Oxford ⪼ Cambridgeshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1957

Note

"Printed at the University Press, Cambridge, Brooke Crutchley, University Printer. The collotype plates were printed at the University Press, Oxford. The decorations by Roger Excoffon are based on architectural motifs at Waddesdon Manor."--Colophon. Inscribed to John Dreyfus from Victor Rothschild, 1958. Quarter bound in red leather (5 raised bands), gold fillet and grey cloth sides with vellum corners; page edges gilt.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 129-2004
Primary reference Number: 118522
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 6 January 2014 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) "Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild's livre d'or" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118522 Accessed: 2024-11-02 08:26:38

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