[Broadside]: Proof from an Original Eighteenth Century Japanese Woodblock The Season's Greetings from Ted and Fran Lilienthal

Published by [The Quercus Press], [San Mateo, California], 1940

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First edition (by this publisher). Pictorial broadside (printed on recto only, and folded twice horizontally, as issued) measuring 21 1/2 inches by 9 1/4 inches, illustrated with a woodcut printed in black (on recto only), with lettering printed in red, printed on laid paper (with no watermark). Very good with glassine tape mends, some foxing, and tiny tears but the striking Japanese woodblock print is quite fresh and bright. The original woodblock print, depicting a Japanese woman, dressed in a kimono, seated on a stool, playing a musical (stringed) instrument. The woodblock image (measuring circa 11 inches by 8 inches) is printed by Ted and Fran Lilienthal, at the Quercus Press, from an original eighteenth century Japanese woodblock, The upper and lower margins are printed in red, with the following information: "Proof from an original eighteenth century Japanese woodblock" [publisher's statement in lower margin, beneath the woodblock print]. The upper margin states: "THE SEASONS GREETINGS/ FROM/ TED AND FRAN LILIENTHAL." Unrecorded by OCLC (which lists no citation for this publication). Theodore Max Lilienthal (1893-1972), in 1924, with Leon Gelber, established the Gelber-Lilienthal Book Shop in San Francisco, and a publishing company under the imprint Lantern Press. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Max Lilienthal, with Mrs. William C. Van Antwerp, later established The Quercus Press in San Mateo, California; in 1940 the press began using the Albion Press that once belonged to William Morris (press was acquired from the estate of Dr. J. W. Bartlett of New York). Issued as a Season's Greetings from Ted and Fran Lilienthal.…

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Title
[Broadside]: Proof from an Original Eighteenth Century Japanese Woodblock The Season's Greetings from Ted and Fran Lilienthal
Author
HIROSHIGE
Publisher
[The Quercus Press], [San Mateo, California]
Publication year
1940
Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Unbound

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