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The Charles Whittinghams Printers

Arthur Warren (Author)
Charles Meunier (French, 1865 - 1940) (Binder)
The Grolier Club (Publisher)
De Vinne Press (Printer)
1896
ink on paper bound between boards covered with gold-tooled, onlaid goatskin; moire silk endpapers; silk endbands
(18th and 19th Centuries , Manuscripts and Rare Books)

Published by the Grolier Club, a prominent bibliographic society of which Henry Walters was a member, this book details the history of the Charles Whittinghams, an uncle and newphew who founded the Chiswick Press, one of the most famous fine presses of nineteenth-century London. It is one of an edition of 385, printed on handmade paper and bound in 1898 by Charles Meunier. The binding features the Grolier Club's insignia, a cipher of interlocking G and C, and Henry Walters' personal HW monogram. The tool used to make the monogram design is held in the Walters Archives (A.13). A second copy of The Charles Whittinghams Printers, also bound by Meunier, is held the Walters rare book collection (92.1208).

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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1898; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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2014-2016 From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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USA, New York (Place of Origin) France, Paris (Place of Binding)

Measurements

Closed H: 9 13/16 × W: 7 5/16 × D: 1 11/16 in. (25 × 18.5 × 4.3 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1898

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

92.1209

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