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