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Illustrated by: Thomas Bewick (English, 1753–1828)
Typographical design by: Leonard Baskin (American, 1922–2000)
Calligrapher: John Everett Benson (American, born in 1939)
Poet: Anthony Hecht (American, 1923–2004)
Intro by: Philip Hofer (American, 1898–1984)
Printer: Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts (American, founded in 1942)
Publisher: Society of Printers (American, founded in 1905)
Typographical design by: Leonard Baskin (American, 1922–2000)
Calligrapher: John Everett Benson (American, born in 1939)
Poet: Anthony Hecht (American, 1923–2004)
Intro by: Philip Hofer (American, 1898–1984)
Printer: Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts (American, founded in 1942)
Publisher: Society of Printers (American, founded in 1905)
1967
Place of Publication: Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 25 wood engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 20.4 x 21.5 x 1 cm (8 1/16 x 8 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Zahn
Accession Number2007.1124
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Northampton [MA]: The Gehenna Press [for the Society of Printers], 1967
Catalogue Raisonné
Gehenna Press: Work of Fifty Years (1992), 53
Description(Northampton [MA]: The Gehenna Press [for the Society of Printers], 1967) Quarto; [16 ff.], plus loose plate; original publisher's brown paper boards, printed paper label on spine.
Fables.
Fables.
Signed
Below colophon, graphite: "Leonard Baskin"; red pen: "Anthony Hecht"
ProvenanceCarl Zahn, by whom given to MFA, 2007.
Copyright© The Estate of of Leonard Baskin