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From Block Book to Leonard Baskin; 500 Years of Book Illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966 From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. FROM BLOCK BOOK TO LEONARD BASKIN 500 Years of Book Illustration Chapin Library: Williams College May 1–31, 1966 FOREWORD Book illustration has taken many directions both in content and technique. This exhibition presents within the broad limits of the Chapin collection, many of the highlights in the five hundred year history of the illustrated book. The selection is the result of two factors: First, an Independent Study project in the history and theory of typography and second, my major studies in art history. Where possible, representative styles from various periods are displayed with works whose greatness depends upon the skill of the illustrators or printers. The 20th century has posed certain problems of selection. I have chosen examples which explore or introduce new forms of graphic design, but at the same time do not reject the contributions of the past. I wish to express my thanks to Mr. H. Richard Archer, Curator of the Chapin Library, and his assistant, Miss Carolyn Nichols, who labored long and arduously over the descriptions prepared for the items shown in the exhibition. April 28, 1966 John Lamont Powell Williams College LIST OF BOOKS IN EXHIBITION 1. APOCALYPSIS SANCTI JOHANNIS [Bavaria: c. 1450] Block Book 2. Sir John Mandeville ITINERARIUS Strassburg: Johann Prüss, 1484 3. Bernhard von Breydenbach From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. http://www.loc.gov/resource/ rbpe.07906800 PEREGRINATIO IN TERRAM SANCTAM Mainz: Erhard Reuwich, 1486 4. LA MER DES HYSTOIRES Paris: Pierre Lerouge, 1488[9]. 2vols. 5. Stephan Fridolin SCHATZBEHALTER Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1491 6. Hartmann Schedel LIBER CHRONICARUM Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493 7. Francesco Colonna HYPNEROTOMACHIA POLIPHILI Venice: Aldus Manutius, [1499] 8. ARS MORIENDI Venice: Giovanni Battista Sessa, [c. 1503] 9. Albrecht Dürer APOCALIPSIS CUM FIGURIS Nuremberg: [H. Hölzel], 1511 10. Melchoir Pfinzing THEUERDANK From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. http://www.loc.gov/resource/ rbpe.07906800 Nuremberg: Hans Schonsperger, [1517] 11. BOOK OF HOURS Paris: Germain Hardouyn, [1526?] 12. Geoffroy Tory CHAMP FLEURY [Paris: Geoffroy Tory, 1529] 13. Lucas Cranach, the elder DAS SYMBOLUM. DER ZWELFF APOSTELN Wittenberg: [Georgen Rhaw], 1539 14. Andreas Vesalius ICONES ANATOMICAE Printed from original blocks of 1543 Munich: Bremer Press, 1934 15. Hans Holbein, the younger THE IMAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Lyons: Johan Frellon, 1549 16. Hubert Goltzius LEBENDIGE BILDER GAR NACH ALLER KEYSERN [Antwerp: Gilles Coppenius, 1557] 17. Geoffrey Whitney From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. http://www.loc.gov/resource/ rbpe.07906800 A CHOICE OF EMBLEMES Leyden: Francis Raphelengius, 1586 18. Cesare Negri LE GRATIE D'AMORE Milan: Pontio & Piccaglia, 1602 19. Crispin van de Passe LIBER GENESIS Arnheim: Johann Jansson, 1616 20. George Wither A COLLECTION OF EMBLEMES London: A[ugustine] M[athews], 1635 21. Charles II RELATION EN FORME DE JOURNAL Hague: Adrian Van der Venne, 1660 22. Jean Desmarets de Saint Sorlin LES DELICES DE L'ESPRIT Paris: Florentin Lambert, 1661 23. Aesopus FABLES London: William Godbid, 1666 From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. http://www.loc.gov/resource/ rbpe.07906800 24. John Milton PARADISE LOST London: Miles Flesher, 1688 25. Charles Perrault LES HOMMES ILLUSTRES Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1696–1700. 2vols. in 1 26. John Gay FABLES London: Jacob Tonson, 1727–38. 2vols. 27. Samuel Butler HUDIBRAS Cambridge: Joseph Bentham, 1744. 2vols. 28. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra DON QUIXOTE London: J. & J. Rivington, et al, 1755. 2vols. 29. Jean La Fontaine FABLES CHOISIES Paris: De saint & Saillant, 1755–59. 4vols. 30. — CONTES ET NOUVELLES From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. http://www.loc.gov/resource/ rbpe.07906800 [Paris: Joseph Barbou], 1762. 2vols. 31. Caius Sallustius Crispus LA CONJURACION DE CATILINA [Madrid: Joachim Ibarra, 1772] 32. Thomas Gray DESIGNS BY MR. R. BENTLEY FOR POEMS London: J. Dodsley, 1775 33. Giambattista Piranesi LE ANTICHITA ROMANE Rome: Salomoni, 1784. 4vols. 34. Longus DAPHNIS & CHLOE Parma: [Giovanni Bodoni], 1786 35. Humphry Repton LANDSCAPE GARDENING London: Thomas Bensley, 1803 36. Thomas Bewick A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS Newcastle Upon Tyne: Edward Walker, 1807 37. William Blake From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. http://www.loc.gov/resource/ rbpe.07906800 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOOK OF JOB London: Published by the Author & J. Linnell, 1826 38. George Cruikshank MY SKETCH BOOK. Vol. I [London]: George Cruikshank, 1834–6 39. Thomas Moore THE EPICUREAN London: John Macrone, 1839 40. Hans Holbein, the younger THE DANCE OF DEATH Paris: Edwin Tross, 1856 41. Lewis Carroll ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND London: Macmillan and Co., 1866 42. Geoffrey Chaucer THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER [London]: The Kelmscott Press, 1896 43. ANACREON London: The Nonesuch Press, 1923 44. Herman Melville From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. http://www.loc.gov/resource/ rbpe.07906800 BENITO CERENO London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926 45. Bernard Shaw THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD London: Constable & Co., 1932 46. Oscar Wilde SALOMÉ London: Limited Editions Club, 1938 47. MABINOGIAN [London]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1948 48. Francois Voltaire CANDIDE Paris: Jean Forson, [1948] 49. Raffaele Carrieri VIAGGIO IN ITALIA Milan: Piero Fornasetti, 1951 50. Harry J. Owens DOCTOR FAUST Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1953 51. Wilfred Owen From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. http://www.loc.gov/resource/ rbpe.07906800 THIRTEEN POEMS Northampton: The Gehenna Press, 1956 52. Pablo Picasso 40 DESSINS DE PICASSO EN MARGE DU BUFFON [Paris: Jonquières, 1957] 53. Lucien Pissarro NOTES ON THE ERAGNY PRESS Cambridge: Privately Printed, 1957 54. Anthony Hecht THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS Northampton: The Gehenna Press, 1958 55. L'Abbé Prévost MANON LESCAUT Stamford: The Overbrook Press, 1958 56. William Shakespeare THE TRAGEDIE OF KING LEAR [San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1959] 57. Antonio Frasconi THE FACE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE [South Norwalk: Antonio Frasconi, 1959] From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. http://www.loc.gov/resource/ rbpe.07906800 58. — A WHITMAN PORTRAIT [South Norwalk: Antonio Frasconi, 1960] 59. Bertolt Brecht SONGS AUS DER DREIGROSCHENOPER Hamburg: Ernst Hauswedell, 1961 60. Yvan Goll FOUR POEMS OF THE OCCULT Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1962 61. Murray McCain BOOKS! New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962 62. Morris Cox CRASH! London: The Gogmagog Press, [1963] 63. William Blake A LETTER FROM WILLIAM BLAKE Northampton: The Gehenna Press, 1964 64. Robert Rauschenberg DRAWINGS FOR DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. http://www.loc.gov/resource/ rbpe.07906800 New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1964 CONTRE CEUX QUI ONT LE GOUT DIFFICILE Fable XXIII. Exhibition Handlist designed by John L. Powell, Class of 1966; Photographs by Ernest LeClair; Printed multilith by the Chapel Press 1200 copies: May 1966 79/68 From block book to Leonard Baskin; 500 years of book illustration. Williamstown, Mass., 1966. http://www.loc.gov/resource/ rbpe.07906800.
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