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Friendship : an Emerson homage, in remembrance of Joseph Blumenthal

Title: Friendship : an Emerson homage, in remembrance of Joseph Blumenthal / woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi.
Author: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Publication: New York : Kelly-Winterton Press, c1993.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KP (Kelly) 00-41	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

[39] p. : ill., facsims., ports.; 20 cm.

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Genre/Form

Typefaces (Type evidence) – Emerson.

Note

"The continuation of a series begun in 1959 with a volume on Edgar Allan Poe ... printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral Press. This book ... has been set in his "Emerson" type"--Colophon.
Printed in part on double leaves.
Illustrations: 11 prints : woodcut, b&w, brown on white ; full-page. "All the woodcuts have been printed from the original blocks on handmade Goyu paper"--Colophon.
"Emerson's essay on friendship: selections from the 1841 edition": p. [7-18]. Remainder of text consists of facsims. of Emerson's mss. (first page of "Water," "St. Augustine" and "Aspects of culture") and a tribute to Blumenthal (p. [35-37]) by Leona and Antonio Frasconi and the printer, Jerry Kelly.
Binding: Publisher's illustrated light blue paper boards.

Call Number

*KP (Kelly) 00-41

LCCN

94239280

OCLC

NYPG00-B2066

Author

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.

Title

Friendship : an Emerson homage, in remembrance of Joseph Blumenthal / woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi.

Imprint

New York : Kelly-Winterton Press, c1993.

Local Note

No. 30 of 120 copies printed from Joseph Blumenthal's "Emerson" type; signed by the artist.

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Frasconi, Antonio, 1919-2013.

Frasconi, Leona.

Kelly, Jerry, 1955-

Kelly/Winterton Press. Printer

Research Call Number

*KP (Kelly) 00-41