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Romeyn de Hooghe to the Burgermasters of Haarlem
Text by: Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch, 1645–1708)
Illustrated by: Leonard Baskin (American, 1922–2000)
Calligrapher: John Everett Benson (American, born in 1939)
Printer and Publisher: Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts (American, founded in 1942)
Illustrated by: Leonard Baskin (American, 1922–2000)
Calligrapher: John Everett Benson (American, born in 1939)
Printer and Publisher: Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts (American, founded in 1942)
1971
Place of Publication: Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with one wood engraving and calligraphic initial
Dimensions
Overall: 22.8 x 14.7 x 0.5 cm (9 x 5 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Zahn
Accession Number2007.1123
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Northampton [MA]: The Gehenna Press, 1971
Catalogue Raisonné
Gehenna Press: Work of Fifty Years (1992), 69
Description(Northampton [MA]: The Gehenna Press, 1971) Octavo; [6 ff.], plus loose plate; original publisher's marbled paper boards, paper label on upper cover.
Portrait of de Hooghe; calligraphic initial on title.
Portrait of de Hooghe; calligraphic initial on title.
Signed
In graphite below the colophon: "Leonard Baskin"; also below the extra copy of the portrait engraving, in graphite: "proof Baskin"
ProvenanceCarl Zahn, by whom given to MFA, 2007.
Copyright© The Estate of of Leonard Baskin