A61. Celia Fiennes
Title
A61. Celia Fiennes
Creator
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Fiennes, Celia
Author: Fiennes, Celia
Description
65 x 51 mm (2 9/16” x 2”), 22 pages, 200 copies.
Binding: Copies 1-25 are full-bound in brown goatskin. Title in gold on spine. Copies 26-200 are bound in paper from text of Keble’s Reports over boards. Title and illustration on cover. Title printed on label on spine. End sheets from text of Keble’s Reports. Paper: Off-white English handmade paper cut from the margins of Keble’s Reports. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Photoengraved Centaur type. Illustration: Three photo-reduced linocuts by Donna Thomas. One paper sample tipped in. Copies 1-25 include an original watercolor painting by Donna Thomas tipped in before title page. Notes: Paper taken from a volume of Joseph Keble’s Reports in the Court of Kings Bench at Westminster, from the XII to the XXX year of the reign of Our late Sovereign Lord King Charles II published in England in 1685.
“This was the first time Fiennes’ diary entry had been separately printed. In preparation for making the watercolor illustration used in 1-25 Donna visited the mill site (which currently manufactures dog food), as well as studying drawings in the archives of the Canterbury City Library.”
Binding: Copies 1-25 are full-bound in brown goatskin. Title in gold on spine. Copies 26-200 are bound in paper from text of Keble’s Reports over boards. Title and illustration on cover. Title printed on label on spine. End sheets from text of Keble’s Reports. Paper: Off-white English handmade paper cut from the margins of Keble’s Reports. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Photoengraved Centaur type. Illustration: Three photo-reduced linocuts by Donna Thomas. One paper sample tipped in. Copies 1-25 include an original watercolor painting by Donna Thomas tipped in before title page. Notes: Paper taken from a volume of Joseph Keble’s Reports in the Court of Kings Bench at Westminster, from the XII to the XXX year of the reign of Our late Sovereign Lord King Charles II published in England in 1685.
“This was the first time Fiennes’ diary entry had been separately printed. In preparation for making the watercolor illustration used in 1-25 Donna visited the mill site (which currently manufactures dog food), as well as studying drawings in the archives of the Canterbury City Library.”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: Peter & Donna Thomas
Date
1990
Language
English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Fiennes, Celia, “A61. Celia Fiennes,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 17, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/527.