Bestiary / Bestiario

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Bestiary / Bestiario

Artist Antonio Frasconi (American (born Uruguay), 1919 - 2013)

Publisher Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1965

Printer The Spiral Press, New York (under the supervision of Joseph Blumenthal)

Author Pablo Neruda (Chilean, 1904-1973)

Author Elsa Neuberger (translator)

Date1965

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 11 13/16 in. (300 mm); W: 8 7/16 in. (215 mm); Depth: 9/16 in. (15 mm).
Book: H: 11 9/16 in. (293 mm); W: 8 3/8 in. (212 mm); Depth: 1/2 in. (12 mm).
Page: H: 11 5/16 in. (288 mm); W: 8 1/8 in. (207 mm).

MediumOriginal print: woodcut in black, red, and orange on Japanese Goyu paper. Reproductions: line block reproductions of woodcuts in black and orange, on Rives cream wove paper, incl. cover and 8 full-page images. Text: letterpress in gray with black (typeface: Emerson).

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.487

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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.