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- Creator:
- Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971, illustrator
- Published / Created:
- [1930?]
- Call Number:
- 2023 Folio 19
- Container / Volume:
- 3
- Image Count:
- 56
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Set of 290 black-and-white prints of Rockwell Kent's illustrations and decorations for the 1930 Lakeside edition of Moby Dick. The prints are housed in 148 mats, with each mat holding one to four prints, and divided into three volumes that correspond to the published Lakeside edition. The mats for each volume are housed in a custom case with paper spine and cover labels featuring Kent's illustrations. Volume 1 contains mats 1-49 (95 prints) and the inventory of illustrations; volume 2 contains mats 50-94 (89 prints); and volume 3 contains mats 95-148 (106 prints).
- Alternative Title:
- Moby Dick
- Description:
- BEIN 2023 Folio 19: From the library of William S. Reese. Twenty-six sheets bear the Strathmore drawing board trademark stamp. Accompanied by manuscript inventory of illustrations in an unidentified hand (11 pages). Each mat is numbered in pencil with a number corresponding to this inventory. The final 9 illustrations (mats 145-148) likely do not appear in the published Lakeside edition. and Title devised by cataloger.
- Publisher:
- The Lakeside Press
- Subject (Name):
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- Subject (Topic):
- Whales, Whaling, Sailors, and Ships
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Proofs of illustrations and decorations for Lakeside edition of Moby Dick, or the whale, by Herman Melville, illustrated by Rockwell Kent].
