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The Defense of Gracchus Babeuf before the High Court of Vendome
Author: Gracchus Babeuf (French, 1760–1797)
Editor: John Anthony Scott (American, born in 1916)
Illustrated by: Thomas Cornell (American, born in 1937)
Printer and Publisher: Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts (American, founded in 1942)
Printer: Emiliano Sorini, Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York
Editor: John Anthony Scott (American, born in 1916)
Illustrated by: Thomas Cornell (American, born in 1937)
Printer and Publisher: Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts (American, founded in 1942)
Printer: Emiliano Sorini, Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York
1964
Place of Publication: Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 21 etchings
Dimensions
Overall (with portfolio): 32.2 x 22.4 x 2.4 cm (12 11/16 x 8 13/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vershbow
Accession Number1973.668
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Northampton [MA]: The Gehenna Press, 1964
Catalogue Raisonné
Gehenna Press: Work of Fifty Years (1992), 36
Description(Northampton [MA]: The Gehenna Press, 1964) Folio, unbound; [2 ff.] 83 pp. [1 f.], plus 20 plates; original publisher's brown calf portfolio, tan cloth slipcase, brown calf spine.
Portraits of French revolutionary figures. "Printer's copy," outside the regular edition of 300 copies, inscribed by the printer to the donors. The type is Baskerville, printed on Nideggen paper. The plates were printed by Sorini, on blue paper.
Portraits of French revolutionary figures. "Printer's copy," outside the regular edition of 300 copies, inscribed by the printer to the donors. The type is Baskerville, printed on Nideggen paper. The plates were printed by Sorini, on blue paper.
Signed
In graphite, below colophon: "Charlotte & Arthur with love from Esther & Leonard 22 F. 1965."
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Vershbow, by whom given to MFA, December 31, 1972 (accessioned January 9, 1973).