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For love of Leda: PB 2-1977

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

For love of Leda

Maker(s)

Author: Lister, Raymond
Designer: Lister, Raymond
Illustrator: Lister, Raymond
Calligrapher: Richardson, Jacqueline K.
Publisher: Windmill Press

Categories

Description

Spine title: Leda.
"Fourteen signed copies. Essay and illustrations by Raymond Lister. Calligraphy by Jacqueline J. Richardson. Each contains one of the original designs ...."--Colophon.
Museum has copy no.3 with one original design.
Bound in vellum with gold-stamped design on front cover and title on spine. In slipcase

Place(s) associated

  • Linton

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1977) by Lister, Raymond

Dating

Production date: AD 1976

Note

"Written and designed by Raymond Lister, printed by Crampton and Sons, Ltd., published by The Golden Head Press, all of Cambridge. Six impressions, each with an original drawing; thirty-four impressions on Natsume paper, each signed by the artist and numbered. No further copies will be produced."--Colophon. "This is impression 23"

Bound in yellow cloth.

Materials used in production

Paper

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 2-1977
Primary reference Number: 199813
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Audit data

Created: Monday 15 September 2014 Updated: Monday 15 September 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) "For love of Leda" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/199813 Accessed: 2024-12-22 18:40:45

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