A37. An Aesop's Fable the Old Man and Death
Title
A37. An Aesop's Fable the Old Man and Death
Creator
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Aesop
Author: Aesop
Description
74.5 x 66.5 mm (2 15/16” x 2 5/8”), 12 pages, 200 copies.
Binding: Copies 1-25 are full-bound in parchment. Title in gold on spine. Housed in a slipcase covered in grey paper. Linocut by Donna Thomas on front. Copies 26-200 are bound in grey commercial paper over boards. Title on spine. Linocut by Donna Thomas on cover. Paper: Copies 1-25 are printed on vellum. Copies 26-200 are printed on cream paper, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Lydian. Initial set in Broadway. Illustration: Two linocuts by Donna Thomas.
“We finally made the third Aesop’s book, but by this time all copies of the first two books were gone so we never made the slipcase to hold the set.”
Binding: Copies 1-25 are full-bound in parchment. Title in gold on spine. Housed in a slipcase covered in grey paper. Linocut by Donna Thomas on front. Copies 26-200 are bound in grey commercial paper over boards. Title on spine. Linocut by Donna Thomas on cover. Paper: Copies 1-25 are printed on vellum. Copies 26-200 are printed on cream paper, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Lydian. Initial set in Broadway. Illustration: Two linocuts by Donna Thomas.
“We finally made the third Aesop’s book, but by this time all copies of the first two books were gone so we never made the slipcase to hold the set.”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: The Good Book Press
Date
1986
Language
English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Aesop, “A37. An Aesop's Fable the Old Man and Death,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 16, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/513.