The Rape Observ’d

The Rape Observ’d

Allan Fleming, Toronto, Ontario, 1974

Description

This is an edition of Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock. The purpose has been to recreate by means of illustration, using as far as possible engravings and objects contemporary with the poem, the actual visible world of Pope’s time.

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1975)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Art director/designer
Allan Fleming
Illustrations
Herzig Somerville Limited
Production manager
John Ecclestone
Author
Clarence Tracy (introduction and notes)
Size
6.75 x 9.75 inches
Pages
128
Quantity printed
edition of 1,500
Price
$12.50
Typeface
Linotype Baskerville, 11/13, with display in ATF Baskerville
Typesetter
University of Toronto Press, Printing Department
Printer
University of Toronto Press
Printing method
sheet-fed offset
Jacket printer
Hunter Rose Ltd.
Paper
Britecoat Dull (Domtar), 80 lb., White
Paper supplies
Buntin Reid, Ltd.
Binder
Hunter Rose Ltd.
Binding materials
bound in Columbia Riverside Linen Orange on 80 pt. binder’s board
Binding method
Smyth sewn, round back
Endpapers
Multicolor (Process materials) Ash Gray
Endpaper supplies
White Hooke from Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation
Jacket
Strathmore Grandee Pewter
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
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