Death in Venice: PB 242-2003

Awaiting location update

Titles

Death in Venice

Maker(s)

Author: Mann, Thomas
Translator: Burke, Kenneth
Illustrator: Hoffmann, Felix
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Catflisch, Max
Printer: Stinehour Press

Categories

Book

Description

By Thomas Mann ; translated by Kenneth Burke with an introduction by Erich Heller, illustrated with wood-engravings by Felix Hoffmann.

106, [3] p. illus. 27 cm

Place(s) associated

New York
Lunenburg

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1972

Note

"This edition ... was planned for the members of The Limited Editions Club by Max Caflisch. The text was printed by The Stinehour Press in Lunenburg, Vermont. The illustrations were engraved on wood by Felix Hoffmann and the color print [frontispiece] pulled at the atelier of the Aargauer Tagblatt in Aarau, Switzerland. There are fifteen hundred copies .."--Colophon. Museum has copy no. "J. D." signed by the illustrator. Printed on double pages. Quarter bound in gold-stamped scarlet morocco leather with marbled paper sides. Issued in slipcase

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 242-2003
Primary reference Number: 95771
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 August 2012

Associated departments & institutions

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

Cite this record

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Death in Venice" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95771 Accessed: 2024-04-18 10:32:30

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95771
            |title=Death in Venice
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-18 10:32:30|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-95771

Machine readable data

JSON Linked Art XML TXT QR code

More objects and works of art you might like

An image of Painting

A view in Venice

Accession Number: PD.61-1996

An image of Painting

Death of St Peter Martyr

Accession Number: 621

An image of Italy

Italy

Accession Number: CM.2-1986

An image of Painting

View towards Murano from the Fondamente Nuove, Venice

Accession Number: 189

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

Featured image for the project: Entrance of the Grand Canal, Venice - Art print

Entrance of the Grand Canal, Venice - Art print

£30.00

Featured image for the project: Brigantine sailing past green fields - 1000 pc jigsaw puzzle

Brigantine sailing past green fields - 1000 pc jigsaw puzzle

£20.00

Featured image for the project: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - Art print

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - Art print

£30.00

Featured image for the project: Quentin Blake: King's Choir - Christmas card pack (small)

Quentin Blake: King's Choir - Christmas card pack (small)

£5.00

You might be interested in this...

Featured image for the project: View of the Grand Canal, Venice

View of the Grand Canal, Venice

Featured image for the project: The Rape of Lucretia

The Rape of Lucretia

Featured image for the project: Charles Compton, Fourth Earl of Northampton

Charles Compton, Fourth Earl of Northampton

Featured image for the project: Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton

Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...