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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Artist: Erich Heckel (German, 1883-1970)
Publisher: Ernst Rathenau, New York, 1963 (formerly Euphorion Verlag, Berlin)
Printer: reproductions: Wilhelm Riegger, Karlsruhe; text: Buchdruckerei Brüder Hartmann, West Berlin
Author: Oscar Wilde (Irish | British, 1854-1900)
Date: 1963
Dimensions:
Slipcase: H: 12 in. (305 mm); W: 8 5/8 in. (219 mm); Depth: 5/8 in. (16 mm).
Book: H: 11 3/4 in. (299 mm); W: 8 7/16 in. (215 mm); Depth: 1/2 in. (12 mm).
Page: H: 11 9/16 in. (293 mm); W: 8 3/16 in. (208 mm).
Medium: Reproductions: 12 line block reproductions of original woodcuts by Erich Heckel cut in 1907, on Hahnemühle white rag wove rag paper (1 repeated on the cover).
Text: letterpress (typeface: Walbaum Antiqua).
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.551
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