A Voyage to Brobdingnag Made by Lemuel Gulliver in the Year MDCCII / Jonathan Swift
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.368
Description
[4], 160 p. : map
One of 1500 numbered copies, printed for members of the Limited Editions Club by the Aldus Printers, New York, under the supervision of Bruce Rogers. Signed by Rogers, "B.R." and numbered #247 in red pencil. Designed by Rogers as a two volume set: "A Voyage to Brobdingnag" is an elephant folio size, while "A Voyage to Lilliput" is a tiny 16mo size. THe two were housed together in a single slipcase, again designed by Rogers.
Slipcase and miniature lacking.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Gulliver, Lemuel, Fiction, 1940s
Dimensions
Height
18-3/4 in
Width
13-1/2 in
Book Details
Author
Jonathan Swift
Publisher
Limited Editions Club Collection (Library of Congress)
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1950
Printer
Aldus Printers
Place Printed
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding Notes
Bound in the original brown paper-covered pictorial hardcovers with a linen red cloth spine titled in gilt. Frontispiece map is repeated on the front and rear covers. The stunning text, printed in red and black has wide decorative borders to title-pages.
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
