An Epistle from Oberea
Screen printmaker: Ray Crooke
Letterpress printer: R. G. Edwards
Categories: Bookwork / Illustrated Books, Letterpress Books, Poetry/Proses/Text Works, Serigraph Print Books, Small Press Books
Reference no.:H/L/Cro.R/1955 Place/Shelf:4sthCL
| Book title: | An Epistle from Oberea |
| Published by: | The Rams Skull Press |
| Year made: | 1955 |
| Place made: | Australia/Thursday Island |
| Original: | Yes |
| Edition: (No. in Edition) |
250 (73) |
| Dimensions: | 205 x 290 |
| Binder: | binder unknown |
| Physical description: | hard cover case binding |
| Medium: | text, Illustrations |
| Further information: | |
| The title page of the fourth edition from 1774 is reproduced in this edition, the fifth edition of 1955. It reads: "An Epistle from Oberea, Queen of Otaheite to Joseph Banks Esq. Translated by T.Q.Z. Esq. Professor of the OTAHEITE Language in Dublin, and of all the languages of the undiscovered Islands of the SOUTH SEA; And enriched with HISTORICAL and EXPLANATORY NOTES. The FOURTH EDITION. LONDON: Printed for J. ALMON, opposite BURLINGTON HOUSE, in PICCADILLY. MDCCLXXIV [Price One Shilling]" | |
| Screen printmaker: | Ray Crooke () |
| Letterpress printer: | R. G. Edwards () |
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