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  • New borders : the working life of Elizabeth Friedlander

    Alternative Title:
    Working life of Elizabeth Friedlander
    Subject:
    Penguin (Firm), Printing, Women type designers, Decorative paper, Friedlander, Elizabeth, 1903-1984, Type and type-founding, Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts), Curwen Press, Graphic design (Typography), Type designers, and Women typographers
    Creator:
    Paucker, Pauline
    Contributor:
    Incline Press, Moss, Graham, 1947-, Lonsdale, Elaine, Conway, Stephen (Stephen P.), and Curwen Press
    Publisher:
    Incline Press
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1998
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: Z250 A2P38 1998
    Extent:
     92 pages ; 33 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    England and Great Britain
    Coordinates:
    52.16045, -0.70312 and 54, -2
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Includes illustrations, facsimiles, and portraits. Erratum pasted in by publisher on page 2. "Gorton, Shorrock & Davies of Ancoats printed [selected] colour plates. ... The patterned paper samples on pages 40 a...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books, specimens, borders (ornament areas), , and biography (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2020-10-19
    Technical Note:
    Scanned 19- Oct 2020 on TTI/Betterlight (600DPI TIFF; 1/20; 283; bent 5 tone profile). Metdata by DS

  • Oeuvres du marquis de Villette

    Alternative Title:
    Œuvres du marquis de Villette and Works. 1786
    Subject:
    Correspondence, Papermaking, Voltaire, 1694-1778, and Paper
    Creator:
    Villette, Charles-Michel, marquis de, 1736-1793
    Contributor:
    Léorier Delisle, Pierre Alexandre, 1744-1826, Couret de Villeneuve, Louis-Pierre, 1749-1806, and Voltaire, 1694-1778
    Publisher:
    A Londres [that is, Langlée, Montargis, France] : [P.A. Léorier Delisle], MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
    Location:
    Language:
    fre
    Date Created:
    1786
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PQ2067 V43 1786
    Extent:
    8 unnumbered pages, 156 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : samples ; 13 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    France
    Coordinates:
    46, 2
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Bound in green and black mottled paper ; housed in a green two-fold folder of green cloth with gilt titling on spine ; in a slipcase of marbled paper covered boards.,
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection
    Provenance:
    Gift of the Estate of Dr. Alexander Sokalski, 2018.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    specimens, poems, correspondence, books, and sample books
    Date Digitized:
    2018-03-06/2018-03-08
    Technical Note:
    Item received from SCUA 6Mar2018 - scanned 6-8 Mar2018. Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF -- camera height 500 1/20; 288 ISO; AdobeRGB1998.icc/bent5 tone profile. Enclosures scanned on Plustek Opticbook A300 at 600 dpi TIFFs. Digit...

  • Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminiures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle.

    Alternative Title:
    Livre de Prières Tissé and Translated title: Book of Prayers woven after illuminations in manuscripts of the fourteenth and sixteenth century
    Subject:
    Leather bindings (Bookbinding), Bookbinding, Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers and devotions, Prayer books, History, and Silk weaving
    Creator:
    Hervier, R. P. J., active 1886-1887, Henry, J. A., active 1878-1887, and Roux, A. (Printer), active 1885
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    Lyon : A. Roux, mdccclxxxvi [1886]
    Location:
    Language:
    fre and lat
    Date Created:
    1886 to 1887
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Shelf Mark: MS.Fr.2 and Call Number: BV246 L58 1886
    Extent:
    58 pages ; 17 x 14 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    France--Lyon and France
    Coordinates:
    45.74846, 4.84671 and 46, 2
    Chronological Coverage:
    13xx/15xx
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Illustrated book on silk; [4] 6 + 44 + [4] = 58 pp, small in 4o, 43 numbered pages, plus 6 printed preliminary pages, plus 4 pages front and back of mounted silk, unprinted, text block 168 x 138 mm., one half-page, thre...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection
    Provenance:
    Purchased from Les Enluminures, Ltd. on the MSSF Fund, 2018.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books, specimens, and prayer books
    Is Referenced By:
    From Les Enluminures website: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/MsFr2_full.pdf and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php
    Date Digitized:
    2019-08-06/2019-08-07
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Betterlight TTI (camera height 600; 1/15; 283; Bent5) by PD. Cover and slipcover scanned atop buff coloured paper for contrast. Slipcover images at end of sequence. Ribbon bookmark placed at end of book throughout s...