Current Location: In storage
Titles
The quest of Gilgamesh
Maker(s)
Author:
Bridson, D. G
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Rampant Lions Press
Printer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Carter, Sebastian
Paper maker:
Börjeson, Ingeborg
Printer:
Stellar Press
Categories
Description
With an original lithograph by Michael Ayrton
An original poem based on the Gilgamesh epic.
"First broadcast in the BBC Third Programme in a slightly shorter version on 29th November 1954."
" ... Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. The type is Monotype Octavian. The frontispiece was drawn by the artist onto the plate an printed by offset lithography by the Stellar Press at Welham Green. The marbled paper was made by Ingeborg Borjeson of Sweden. There are 125 copies ...."
Museum has number 92 on "T. H. Saunders cream laid, bound by Mansells".
95, [3] pages : 1 illustration ; 28 cm
Measurements and weight
Height: 29 cm
Width: 41 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Cambridge (Cambs.)
-
Welham Green
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(2016)
by
Moldon, Peter L.
Dating
Production date:
AD 1972
Note
"The book was designed and the letterpress was printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge; it was set by The Stellar Press [Hatfield] ... the plates were selected and printed by Christopher Skelton at his Press at Wellingborough." --t.p. verso.
Privately printed - This number 70 of 230 copies.
Components of the work
Support
composed of
paper
Illustrations
Materials used in production
Ink
Techniques used in production
Printing
Identification numbers
Accession number: PB 3-2016
Primary reference Number: 208269
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Wednesday 10 February 2016
Updated: Monday 30 September 2019
Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
