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Light and the mind’s eye: PB 2-1974

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Light and the mind’s eye

Maker(s)

Author: Lubbock, Joseph Guy
Illustrator: Lubbock, Joseph Guy
Typographer: Carter, Will
Printer: Carter, Will
Printer: Rampant Lions Press
Publisher: Bertram Rota
Paper maker: Richard de Bas Mill
Paper maker: Mason, John (book binder)
Binder (person): Percival, George

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Description

Original prints and text by J.G. Lubbock.

Laid in: "A note on the endpapers by John Mason". Endpapers made from wild plants collected in Channel Islands.

30p, [5] leaves of plates,[4] folded leaves of plates : col.ill ; 34cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Cambridge (Cambs.)
  • London
  • Ambert
  • Leicester

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1974)

Dating

Production date: AD 1974

Note

"The prints ... are hand-printed by the artist from copperplates worked by engraving, etching, aquatint and soft ground etching. The colours are printed in intaglio and relief, and additional colour is finally applied to some pages by hand." "The typography and printing of the text is by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge and the paper is hand-made at the Richard de Bas Mill in the Auvergne in France ... The edition is hand-bound by George Percival at Leicester and is limited to 70 copies ..." Museum has copy No. 6 signed by the author. Endpapers made from wild plants collected in Channel Islands

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 2-1974
Primary reference Number: 145809
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 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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