• Midi par Leconte de Lisle / Noon [translated by] John Theobald
Midi par Leconte de Lisle / Noon [translated by] John Theobald Midi par Leconte de Lisle / Noon [translated by] John Theobald Midi par Leconte de Lisle / Noon [translated by] John Theobald Midi par Leconte de Lisle / Noon [translated by] John Theobald

Midi par Leconte de Lisle / Noon [translated by] John Theobald

Books

FA.B8.0095
Fine Art Collection
21 x 31 cm; 8 x 11 3/4 inches; 9 leaves
1987
Flasch/Frost Hand Bindery
Claire Van Vliet
Twinrocker
Janus Press
John Theobald, Liconte de Lisle
Newark
artists' books, letterpress printing, poetry, private presses
Number 22 in an edition of 75, signed by Claire Van Vliet. Case bound book with vellum strap quarter binding; paper title label on spine. Book contains letterpress printed text of the poem, "Midi" by French poet Leconte de Lisle (1818-1894), and an English translation, "Noon", by poet John Theobald (1903-1989). Between the French and English versions of the poem is a double-page, fold-out pulp painting. Fold-out has a watermark.

"The paperwork was made with the assistance of Kathryn and Howard Clark, Susan Hosteler and Bill Hodson. The text is spectrum & printed on Twinrocker winter wheat straw paper by Claire Van Vliet & Susan Johannecht at the Janus Press. The edition is seventy-five: numbers 1-25 bound at Flasch/Frost Bindery in Pullman Illinois published by Twinrocker Inc; and numbers 26-75 bound and published by Janus..."--Colophon.