A modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden to their parents or country; and for making them beneficial to the publick /
by Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 1729 ; with a new introduction by Clive Probyn & pen and ink illustrations by Maaret Sinnko.
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Rockhampton :
The Officina Athelstane,
MMXV [2015].
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| Notes: | "This is the second book produced under the Officina Athelstane imprint. It was designed by Derek Lamb. The text follows the 1735 Faulkner edition and is set by hand in 16/18pt Centaur and Arrighi, with 3 points of leading, ant 24pt Centaur Display. The type was cast at The Printing Museum, Wellington, New Zealand. The paper is mould made 135gsm Magnani Biblos Avorio and the pages were printed on an 1887 Alexandra hand press (No 1792 Notting of London. The book was sewn on bands at the press and bound in quarter buckram with specially produced marbled paper sides by Joan Ajala. The pen and ink illustrations were screen printed by Maaret Sinkko. An edition of 75 copies was made. This is No. __."-Colophon. The book took almost two years to complete and was finished in November 2016.-Officina Athelstane Facebook page. Insertions available - fine press edition of the poem The Tyger by William Blake. See Miscellaneous insertions removed from the LO Collection] in the NLI catalogue. Physical description: xii, 21, 3 unnumbered pages : 12 illustrations ; 27 cm. more |
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