1CenSur
Hi all, this is my first post here, so please let me know if this post isn’t appropriate. But I recently got into fine press and oh man is it an addictive hobby! There are some old productions that I believe are public domain that I feel in love with, but a lot of it is either impossible to obtain or priced ridiculously beyond its production value or have their available copies deteriorated .
Another problem is that while some are within my budget, they are sadly in English and not in their original language and I was wondering if it would be possible to commission a facsimile in a different language than their original production. Other than English, I’m primarily interested in Latin, Spanish and German works.
How could someone with no experience like me go about commissioning a facsimile or original work, and what fine press producers would you recommend?
Some of the works I’d be interested in getting a facsimile off
Gregynog press’ version of The Revelation of Saint John the Divine
Frank Julius Schroeder version of Goethe’s Faust
Rhinegold and Grimm’s Fairy Tale illustrated by Arthur Rackham(but all existing versions have been in English rather than the Original German)
Another problem is that while some are within my budget, they are sadly in English and not in their original language and I was wondering if it would be possible to commission a facsimile in a different language than their original production. Other than English, I’m primarily interested in Latin, Spanish and German works.
How could someone with no experience like me go about commissioning a facsimile or original work, and what fine press producers would you recommend?
Some of the works I’d be interested in getting a facsimile off
Gregynog press’ version of The Revelation of Saint John the Divine
Frank Julius Schroeder version of Goethe’s Faust
Rhinegold and Grimm’s Fairy Tale illustrated by Arthur Rackham(but all existing versions have been in English rather than the Original German)
2wcarter
The actual edition from Gregynog Press may still be in copyright as it persists in the form of Gwasg Gregynog, and so a facsimile would breach copyright.
Schroeder died in 1959 so his edition of Faust may be out of copyright.
To have a facsimile printed you need a copy of the original, and that would be very problematical for you.
Getting a facsimile of many historic texts is possible through facsimile printers such as Gyan Books in India who do remarkably good work and have a huge database of texts from which they can produce facsimiles at reasonable prices. You could certainly get facsimile copies of Revelation and Faust from them, but not very doubtfully a facsimile of the particular editions you mention.
Schroeder died in 1959 so his edition of Faust may be out of copyright.
To have a facsimile printed you need a copy of the original, and that would be very problematical for you.
Getting a facsimile of many historic texts is possible through facsimile printers such as Gyan Books in India who do remarkably good work and have a huge database of texts from which they can produce facsimiles at reasonable prices. You could certainly get facsimile copies of Revelation and Faust from them, but not very doubtfully a facsimile of the particular editions you mention.
3CenSur
>2 wcarter: thank you for the informative reply! perhaps the first problem could solved by borrowing from a library? How good are they with leather and binding?
4DenimDan
>3 CenSur: The books you listed are not loanable from libraries. They are housed in special collections, for supervised, in-library use only. You could certainly have the library make copies, though they charge for this service, and they generally restrict their copying.
5lilithcat
>3 CenSur:
perhaps the first problem could solved by borrowing from a library? How good are they with leather and binding?
How good are libraries with leather and binding? That will depend on the library.
But, frankly, a library that would allow you to check out a valuable fine press book would be a rare bird, indeed. In general, these would be in Special Collections, and available for in-library consultation only.
perhaps the first problem could solved by borrowing from a library? How good are they with leather and binding?
How good are libraries with leather and binding? That will depend on the library.
But, frankly, a library that would allow you to check out a valuable fine press book would be a rare bird, indeed. In general, these would be in Special Collections, and available for in-library consultation only.
6CenSur
>5 lilithcat: Ah sorry, I mean how good is Gyan Books with leather and binding?
