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A Venetian carnival
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Title
A Venetian carnival / designed and illustrated with collagraphs by John Ross ; with ex[c]erpts from "Beppo, a Venetian story" by Lord Byron.
Published
[East Hampton, N.Y.] : High Tide Press, 1991.
Physical Description
[9] folded leaves : chiefly col. ill. ; 52 cm in a cloth-covered clamshell box 55 cm
Local Notes
AOB has copy no. 3, signed by John Ross. Each carnival figure signed in pencil: John Ross. Some architectural illustrations annotated in pencil or ink.
Notes
"Printed from collagraph plates by John Ross and Ann Marie Farinacci at the High Tide print workshop in East Hampton, New York ... the binding is by Barbara Mauriello of the Center for the Book Arts ... [printed] in New York City. December 1991"--Colophon.
Edition limited to 10 signed copies.
Green cloth dropback box with paper title label on front; lined with brilliantly colored carnival images
Summary
"This poem tells of Beppo, the Venetian who leaves his wife for many years while travelling; she takes up with a Count and the verses recount the results thereof. Ross names every palazzo depicted in each spread, while the character shown on the same spread is a depiction of one of the many character masks used in the Venetian carnival, such as the 'Minotaur' and 'Doctor' masks"--joshuahellerrarebooks.com viewed on 8.26.2013.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 07, 2013
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Collagraphs - New York (State) - New York - 1990-2000.
Artists' books.
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