Leskoschek, Axl, Brazilian miniatures =, 1974
- Title(s):
- Brazilian miniatures = Miniaturas Brasileiras / Axl Leskoschek.
- Additional Title(s):
- Miniaturas Brasileiras
- Published/Created:
- Guildford, England : Circle Press, 1974.
- Physical Description:
- [4], 8 p., [51] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 17 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7433.4.L436 B73 1974 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7433.4.L436 B73 1974 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7433.4.L436 B73 1974 Copy 3Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ronald King[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4240488
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- "Designed and printed by Ronald King at Circle Press in collaboration with José Neistein of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute Art Gallery, Washington D.C."--P. [2].
"This edition of Brazilian miniatures is limited to 250 copies. Of these 20 are for the artist, 25 are for presentation and 5 are for the libraries of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute. The remaining books, signed and numbered 1-200, are for sale. The 51 illustrations have been printed from line-block reproductions onto J. Green pure rag-made paper by letterpress and unless marked, are the same size as the originals."--P. [3].
"Fifty-one woodcut designs reproduced from the only remaining proofs of an unpublished book with a bilingual introduction with text printed letterpress in Helvetica Bold in two versions: 1. 500 book, 52 pp. on commercial stock perfect-bound 15 x 12 cm in orange card cover. 2. 200 signed portfolios, 52 separate sheets 15.5 x 12.5 in yellow paper wraparound cover and hand-made card portfolio."--Cooking the books.
These works were first published as illustrations to Ulrich Becher's Brazilianischer Romanzero, and 19 were reprinted in East Germany without Becher's text as a monograph on Leskoschek.
In English and Portuguese.
Cooking the books : Ron King and Circle Press, p. 169
Circle Press check list 1967-97, p. [3]
BAC: British Art Center has 3 copies: copy 1 is no. [63] of a limited edition of 250 copies. Copy 2 and 3 are unnumbered. - Subject Terms:
- Artists' books -- Great Britain.Becher, Ulrich, 1910-1990. Brazilianischer Romanzero. -- Illustrations.Brazil -- In art.Circle Press -- Publisher.
- Form/Genre:
- Artists' books -- Great Britain.
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