Sleep Walker and Hypnotist, Fourth State

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Sleep Walker and Hypnotist, Fourth State
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Sleep Walker and Hypnotist, Fourth State

Date1902
Illustration CitationFrère Jacques, Volume I, by Charles Paul de Kock, Bibliomaniac ed. (Boston: Frederick J. Quinby Co., 1903).
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 5 5/8 × 4 1/8 in. (14.3 × 10.5 cm)
sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 7/8 in. (21 × 17.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1980
Object number1980-75.8
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Label TextThe Bibliomaniac Edition was the most expensive of several editions of the Paul De Kock series offered by Frederick J. Quinby & Co. The pricier editions featured finer papers, more elaborate bindings, and more hand-worked illustrations. The etchings for the Bibliomaniac Edition (originally advertised at $500 per volume!) were printed on vellum with remarques below the main images. This proof on vellum was likely produced as a test for this edition. Unfortunately, vellum is not an ideal surface for etching, so the printing is finer in the less pricey editions.
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