A149 GEORGE SAND IN MAJORCA [1986]
First edition:
[English text:] [Front cover of fascicule which serves as title-page:] GEORGE SAND | IN MAJORCA | [in maroon, two arabesque ornaments] | ROBERT GRAVES | [in blind:] [a shield, inside which are crosses above and below the word DEIA]
[French text:] [Front cover of fascicule serves as title-page:] GEORGE SAND | Á MAJORQUE | [in maroon, two arabesque ornaments] | ROBERT GRAVES | [in blind:] [a shield, inside which are crosses above and below the word DEIA]
[Catalan text:] [Front cover of fascicule serves as title-page:] GEORGE SAND | NA MALLORCA | [in maroon, two arabesque ornaments] | ROBERT GRAVES | [in blind:] [a shield, inside which are crosses above and below the word DEIA]
Collation: Texts in English, French and Catalan are each printed on four sheets of Super Alfa paper, 28.3 × 38.0 cm., printed on both sides folded to make sixteen pages 28.3 × 19.0 cm., and laid into fascicules. In the case of the French and Catalan texts, p. [17] is printed on the inner back cover of the fascicule. Bulk: 0.3 cm. All edges untrimmed. Not bound.
pp. 1-15 text, in English, with initial letter ornamented in maroon and green; p. 16 This essay, consisting of the Foreword and Historical Summary which | Robert Graves wrote for his translation of George Sand’s ‘Un Hiver à Ma- | jorque’, was printed by hand at The New Seizin Press, Deià, Mallorca, | in the Autumn of 1986. | The text was hand-set in Monotype Garamond and printed on a | French cylinder press, ‘La Pèdalette’, which was brought to the island in | 1911. The paper, made by Guarro, is Super Alfa (250 g.) which was damp- | ened before printing. | Nils Burwitz’s etchings were printed, with the help of Karin Dando, | at his studio in Valldemossa using Creysse paper (250g.) in 1984-5. | Josep Rocmora, of Barcelona, bound the box with ‘roba de llengos’ | woven in Pollença by Galeries Vicens. | There are seventy-five copies of this work, numbered from 1 to 75, | and twenty artist’s proofs, from 1 to xx. This copy is number [number, in pencil, written in] | [signature, in pencil, of Tomás Graves] | [signature, in pencil, of Nils Burwitz]
pp. 1-16 text, in French, with initial letter ornamented in maroon and green; p. [17] is printed on inner back cover of fascicule: Cet essai, traduit de l’anglais par Juditte avec des sugestions de Michèle | Chomette, comprend l’avant-propos et le résumé historique que Robert | Graves écrivit pour sa traduction du livre de George Sand, ‘Un Hiver à | Majorque’. Il a été imprimé artisanalement par Tomás Graves à The | New Seizin Press, Deià, Mallorca, au cours de l’automne 1986. | Le texte a été composé à la main en caractère Monotype Garamond, | et imprimé sur un presse française à cylindre, ‘La Pédalette’, apportée | dans l’île en 1911. Le papier, fabriqué par Guarro, est du Super Alfa | (250 g.), et a été humidifé avant impression. | Les gravures à l’eau-forte de Nils Burwitz ont été imprimées, avec | l’aide de Karin Dando, dans son atelier à Valldemosa, sur papier Creys- | se (250 g.) en 1984-5. | Josep Rocamora, de Barcelone, a relié le coffret avec ‘roba de llengos’ | tissée à Pollença par les Galeries Vicens. | Il existe soixante-quinze exemplaires de cette ouvrage, numérotés | de 1à 75, et vingt épreuves d’artiste numérotés de 1 à xx. | Exemplaire numéro [number, in pencil, written in] | [signature, in pencil, of Tomás Graves] | [signature, in pencil, of Nils Burwitz]
pp. 1-16 text, in Catalan, with initial letter ornamented in maroon and green; p. [17] is printed on inner back cover of fascicule: Aquest comentari històric, escrit per En Robert Graves per acompanyar la | seva traducció de ‘Un Hiver à Majorque’, fou traduît a la nostra llengua | per Na Llúcia Graves i Na Marita Viscarro i impress a mà per En Tomàs | Graves al New Seizin Press de Deià l’any 1985, el V Centenari de la Im- | premta en Regne de Mallorca. | El text fou compost amb tipus Monotype Garamond — En Robert | ens deixà quan es començava la pàgina onze — i imprèes amb ‘La Pedalette’, | una premsa que arribà a Soller l’any 1911. El paper, que fou banyat abans | d’imprimir-se, és Super Alfa de 250 grs., de la casa Guarro. | Els aigoforts els gravà i imprimí En Nils Burwitz amb l’ajuda de | Na Karin Dando, en el seu taller de Valldemosa, damunt paper Creysse | de 250 grs., els ans 1984 i 1985. | La capsa fou enquadernada a Barcelona per En Josep Rocamora, | amb roba de llengos de les Galeries Vicens de Pollença. | Hi ha setanta-cinc exemplars d’aquesta orba numerats de l’ 1 al 75 | i vint proves d’artista, de l’ 1 al xx. Aquest correspond al número [number, in pencil, written in] | [signature in pencil of Lucia Graves] [signature, in pencil, of Tomás Graves] | [signature, in pencil, of Nils Burwitz]
Fascicles: 28.6 × 39.7 cm., folded. Super Alfa paper.
English text fascicle: back, spine, inner front and inner back sides blank, front: GEORGE SAND | IN MAJORCA | [in maroon, two arabesque ornaments] | ROBERT GRAVES | [in blind:] [a shield inside which are crosses above and below the word DEIA]
French text fascicle: back, spine, and inner front sides blank, front: GEORGE SAND | Á MAJORQUE | [in maroon, two arabesque ornaments] | ROBERT GRAVES | [in blind:] [a shield inside which are crosses above and below the word DEIA]; inner back side is p. [17].
Catalan text fascicule: back, spine, inner front sides blank, front: GEORGE SAND | NA MALLORCA | [in maroon, two arabesque ornaments] | ROBERT GRAVES | [in blind:] [a shield inside which are crosses above and below the word DEIA]; inner back side is p. [17].
Etchings: Laid into the box are six etchings on Creysse paper by Nils Burwitz, signed and numbered, 30.4 × 20.2 cm. Tissue paper is folded over each of the etchings.
Box: Folding box covered in cloth irregularly and horizontally striped in white and yellow. Within an impressed rectangle with clipped corners on front cover is a white rectangular label with clipped corners printed in purple ground and black: [in white, in script:] Suite | [in white:] SAND/GRAVES | [two lines, in black:] NILS BURWITZ | THE NEW SEIZIN PRESS; inner front cover is faced in stiff black paper; inner back cover is faced with stiff black paper with two slots through which passes a reddish-purple ribbon.
Price: 100,000 pesetas. Number of copies: 75 (signed and numbered). Published autumn 1986.