THE DEFENSE OF GRACCHUS BABEUF BEFORE THE HIGH COURT OF VENDOME
Northampton, Mass. The Gehenna Press, 1964. Hardbound. full leather chemise laid in a cloth-covered clamshell box with a light tan leather spine. (ii), 83, (5) pages in addition to 21 etched portraits printed on special paper and loosely inserted throughout the text. This is copy C.108 of 250 printed in this format (and 300 printed in total). Signed by the artist-etcher Thomas Cornell. VG+, never used or abused an exquisite copy. Item #144107
First Edition. 4to., full leather chemise laid in a cloth-covered clamshell box with a leather spine. (ii), 83, (5) pages in addition to 21 etched portraits printed on special paper and loosely inserted throughout the text. The paper is Nideggen made in Germany, and the pressman was Harold McGrath. The suite of etchings were printed by Emiliano Sorini in New York and it was designed and produced by Leonard Baskin. Printed in an edition limited to 300 numbered copies. This is called a "printer's copy", signed by Leonard Baskin. which contains twenty-one etched portraits signed by Thomas Cornell on blue Fabriano, enclosed in unbound, uncut signatures. Brook 36; Baskin 36. Selected for translation in this volume is the first part of Babeuf's general defense. Includes a prospectus for the publication.
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