An ABC with Best Wishes for 1958

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An ABC with Best Wishes for 1958

Artist Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)

Artist Thomas Bewick (British, 1753-1828)

Publisher [Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1957] (Baskin)

Printer Esther and Leonard Baskin at the Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts

Date1957

DimensionsBook: H: 4 3/4 in. (120 mm); W: 5 5/16 in. (135 mm); Depth: 1/4 in. (6 mm).
Page: H: 4 3/4 in. (120 mm); W: 5 5/16 in. (135 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: wood engravings (blocks for A, D engraved by Leonard Baskin; blocks G, R, T, V, X engraved by Thomas Bewick; blocks B, N, Q engraved by anonymous craftsmen). Text: letterpress in black and red.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.241

Not on View

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Don't Feed the Books: Birds, Bugs, and Bestiaries Featuring the Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, April 13-July 1, 2001.