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A Venetian Story
Author: George Gordon, Lord Byron (British, 1788–1824)
Reproduction of: Michele Marieschi (Italian, 1710–1743)
Reproduction of: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian (Venetian), 1697–1768)
Reproduction of: Antonio Visentini (Italian, 1688–1782)
Reproduction of: Angela Baroni (Italian, 18th century)
Intro by: Eleanor M. Garvey (American, born in 1918)
Printer and Publisher: Allen Press (American, 20th century)
Printer: Meriden Gravure Company
Reproduction of: Michele Marieschi (Italian, 1710–1743)
Reproduction of: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian (Venetian), 1697–1768)
Reproduction of: Antonio Visentini (Italian, 1688–1782)
Reproduction of: Angela Baroni (Italian, 18th century)
Intro by: Eleanor M. Garvey (American, born in 1918)
Printer and Publisher: Allen Press (American, 20th century)
Printer: Meriden Gravure Company
1963
Place of Publication: Kentfield, California, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with photolithographs
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 49 x 2.4 cm (13 x 19 5/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois Torf in memory of Charlotte Vershbow
Accession Number2001.833
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Kentfield [CA]: Allen Press, 1963
Description(Kentfield [CA]: Allen Press, 1963) 33 cm; [unpaged, unbound]; original publisher's half brown cloth, Venetian decorative cloth boards, original brown box.
From an edition of 150 copies, of which 12 were not for sale. From the colophon: "The type faces are Goudy Modern and Cochin, set by hand.... The paper is all-rag and mould made Rives from France.... The thirty-five illustrations....were reproduced by The Meriden Gravure Company.... The portfolio itself, from the Allen Press bindery, is covered in a Fortuny print of eighteenth century design, hand-blocked in Venice. Other materials for the portfolio and box are from Paris. Produced by Lewis & Dorothy Allen at The Allen Press...."
First published anonymously in 1818 under the title: Beppo, a Venetian story;1963 illustrations selected by Eleanor M. Garvey and Philip Hofer and introduced by Eleanor Garvey.
From an edition of 150 copies, of which 12 were not for sale. From the colophon: "The type faces are Goudy Modern and Cochin, set by hand.... The paper is all-rag and mould made Rives from France.... The thirty-five illustrations....were reproduced by The Meriden Gravure Company.... The portfolio itself, from the Allen Press bindery, is covered in a Fortuny print of eighteenth century design, hand-blocked in Venice. Other materials for the portfolio and box are from Paris. Produced by Lewis & Dorothy Allen at The Allen Press...."
First published anonymously in 1818 under the title: Beppo, a Venetian story;1963 illustrations selected by Eleanor M. Garvey and Philip Hofer and introduced by Eleanor Garvey.
ProvenanceLois B. Torf, by whom given to MFA, December 12, 2001.