A Voyage to Brobdingnag Made by Lemuel Gulliver in the Year MDCCII / Jonathan Swift
Book
[4], 160 p. : map
One of 1500 numbered copies, printed for members of the Limited Editions Club by the Aldus Printers, New York, under the supervision of Bruce Rogers. Signed by Rogers, "B.R." and numbered #247 in red pencil. Designed by Rogers as a two volume set: "A Voyage to Brobdingnag" is an elephant folio size, while "A Voyage to Lilliput" is a tiny 16mo size. THe two were housed together in a single slipcase, again designed by Rogers.
Slipcase and miniature lacking.
2015.7.368
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Gulliver, LemuelFiction1940s
18-3/4 in
13-1/2 in
Jonathan Swift
New York
New York
United States
North America
1950
Aldus Printers
New York
New York
United States
North America
Publisher's Binding
Bound in the original brown paper-covered pictorial hardcovers with a linen red cloth spine titled in gilt. Frontispiece map is repeated on the front and rear covers. The stunning text, printed in red and black has wide decorative borders to title-pages.
Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)