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The magic mountain: PB 241-2003

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The magic mountain

Maker(s)

Author: Mann, Thomas
Translator: Lowe-Porter, H. T.
Illustrator: Hoffmann, Felix
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Catflisch, Max
Printer: Case, Lockwood & Brainard

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Description

By Thomas Mann ; translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter, with an introductory essay by the author. Illustrated with wood engravings by Felix Hoffmann.

2 v. illus., plates (part col.) 29 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • Connecticut

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1962

Note

"... planned for the members of the Limited Editions Club by Max Caflisch. The text was printed by Case, Lockwood & Brainard in Hartford, Connecticut ..."--Colophon Edition of fifteen hundred copies of which the Museum has copy number "J.D." signed by the illustrator. Quarter bound in linen with paper sides. Issued in slipcase.

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 241-2003
Primary reference Number: 95770
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 August 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The magic mountain" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95770 Accessed: 2024-04-19 14:14:34

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