Main entry:

Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963, author.

Title & Author:

Prisons : with the "Carceri" etchings by G.B. Piranesi / Aldous Huxley ; critical study by Jean Adhemar, Associate Curator of prints, Bibliothèque Nationale.

Publication:

London : The Trianon Press, [1949].
©1949

Description:

34 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (etchings) ; 34 cm

Notes:
On verso of half-title page: "Of this first printing of 'Prisons' by Aldous Huxley, 212 copies have been made on Renage paper of pure rag all of which are signed by the author. One hundred numbered copies are reserved for The Trianon Press, Cobham, Surry, England and for The Grey Falcon Press, 5203 Pennway St., Philadelphia. One hundred numbered copies are reserved for Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles, California. Twelve copies numbered A to L, 'hors commerce' for the author, the publishers and their associates. The text, which has been set entirely by hand in a new 20 point Caslon of the Fonderie Radiguer, is printed by Jourde & Allard, master-printers in Paris. Lettrine by J.A. Carlotti. The etchings are reproduced by Aulard. The book was designed by Arnold Fawcus. No. ..."
Frontispiece is Plate II of Piranesi's Prima parte di Architetture e prospettive (1743).
Copyright date from title page verso.
At foot of first unnumbered page at end of Adhemar essay: "Translated from the French by C.F. MacIntyre and Denys Sutton, in collaboration with Susan Fawcus."
Plates contain reproductions of all 16 etchings from the 1761 edition of Carceri d'invenzione, plus two earlier versions of numbers VII and XVI.
Etchings reproduced from a copy held by the Print Room of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (cf. second unnumbered page at end of Adhemar essay).
Short caption at foot of verso of each plate.
Includes bibliographical references (second unnumbered page at end of essay).

Subject:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. Carceri d'invenzione.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 Criticism and interpretation.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista 1720-1778 Invenzioni Capric di Carceri
Carceri d'invenzione (Piranesi, Giovanni Battista)
Prisons.
Etching, Italian 18th century.
Art.
Engraving and Engravings
Eau-forte (Gravure) italienne 18e siècle.
Etching, Italian
Italy

Form/genre:

Essay
essays.
etchings (prints)
Etchings
Essays
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Essais.
Eaux-fortes (Gravures)

Added entries:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. Carceri d'invenzione.
Adhémar, Jean, writer of supplementary textual content.
Fawcus, Arnold, 1917-1979, book designer.
MacIntyre, C. F. (Carlyle Ferren), 1890-1967, translator.
Sutton, Denys, translator.
Trianon Press, publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 38477
Call No.: WX13530; ID:88-B9308
Status: Available