Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Grossman, Edith, 1936-2023
2. Wiley, William T., 1937-2021
3. Hoyem, Andrew
4. Dean, Mallette, 1907-1975
5. Arion Press, printer, publisher.
6. Mackenzie & Harris, compositor.
7. MeadWestvaco (Firm), papermaker.

Description

1. 2 volumes (574, 627 pages) : 97 illustrations; 27 cm

Subject

1. Quixote, Don (Fictitious character) > Fiction
2. Typefaces (Type evidence) > Centaur
3. Romances
4. Knights and knighthood > Spain > Fiction
5. Picaresque fiction
6. Spain > Social life and customs > Fiction

Genre/Form

1. Picaresque fiction.
2. Romances.
3. Typefaces (Type evidence) – Centaur.

Call number

1. *KP (Arion) 16-48

Note

1. "The edition is limited to 400 copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. Each copy is signed by the artist"--Colophon, books 1-2.
2. "Designed and produced at the Arion Press in San Francisco by Andrew Hoyem, with the assistance of Gerald Reddan, Blake Riley, Lewis Mitchell, Kenneth Howard, Brian Ferrett, David Johnston, Sarah Songer, Anna Haglin, Charles Martin, Diana Ketcham, and Laura Samuelsson. The type is Centaur, designed by Bruce Rogers, composed and cast at Mackenzie & Harris, printed by letterpress. The initial letters were drawn by Mallette Dean for the Grabhorn Press. The illustrations were made as polymer plates from film, its emulsion scratched by the artist William T. Wiley with an etching needle. The plates were also printed by letterpress. The paper is an all-cotton fiber sheet made for this book by Mead Specialty Papers, supplied by Legion Paper. This is the first of two volumes of the eighty-sixth publication of the Arion Press"--Colophon, book 1. Colophon to book 2 is the same, except it names as assistants Gerald Reddan, Blake Riley, Lewis Mitchell, Kenneth Howard, Brian Ferrett, David Johnston, Leif Erlandsson, Sarah Songer, Anna Haglin, Charles Martin, Diana Ketcham and Krista Johnson, and notes that book 2 is "the eighty-ninth publication of the Arion Press, the second of two volumes."
3. Contains 97 full-page relief prints, printed in sepia. Initial Q on title pages printed in red-brown.

Indexed in (note)

1. Bibliography of the Arion Press

Binding (note)

1. Publisher's quarter tan goatskin and dark brown goatskin, gilt. Each volume issued in tan cloth and dark brown paper-covered slipcase.

Author

1. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616, author.

Title

1. Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes ; translated by Edith Grossman ; illustrated by William T. Wiley.

Publisher

1. San Francisco : The Arion Press, 2009-2010.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Local note

1. Rare Books copy is no. 147; signed in pencil by Wiley.

Indexed in:

1. Bibliography of the Arion Press, entries 86, 89

Binding

1. Publisher's quarter tan goatskin and dark brown goatskin, gilt. Each volume issued in tan cloth and dark brown paper-covered slipcase.

Local note

1. Rare Books copy of book 2 accompanied by prospectus (4 unnumbered pages on 1 folded sheet : 1 illustration).

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection
2. Publisher's description, book 1
3. Publisher's description, book 2

Place of publication

1. United States California San Francisco.

Added author

1. Grossman, Edith, 1936-2023, translator.
2. Wiley, William T., 1937-2021, illustrator.
3. Hoyem, Andrew, book designer.
4. Dean, Mallette, 1907-1975, calligrapher.
5. Arion Press, printer, publisher.
6. Mackenzie & Harris, compositor.
7. MeadWestvaco (Firm), papermaker.

Research call number

1. *KP (Arion) 16-48