Detail View: RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION: Les Laboureurs: poême tiré de Jocelyn; reproduit en caractères tissés avec licence des propriétaires éditeurs

Filename: 
cc_107567_lamartine
Identifier: 
cc_107567_lamartine
Title: 
Les Laboureurs: poême tiré de Jocelyn; reproduit en caractères tissés avec licence des propriétaires éditeurs
Creator: 
Lamartine, Alphonse de, 1790-1869
Subject: 
French poetry - 19th century
Subject: 
Jacquard weaving
Subject: 
Computer printers
Summary: 
Pages of the book are woven entirely in silver and black silk thread using the Jacquard loom method. This volume "represents the very first book created by an automated machine, with hundreds of thousands of programmed operations generated by highly complex algorithms through the use of punch cards" -- Jonathan Hill Bookseller catalog
Publisher: 
J.A. Henry
Digital Publisher: 
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original: 
1883
Date of Digitization: 
2019
Broad Type: 
still image
Specific Type: 
books
Digital File Format: 
jpeg
Physical Format: 
books
Dimensions of Original: 
15 x 13 cm
Language: 
French
Original Item Location: 
107567
Digital Project: 
2019_003_lamartine
Catalog Record: 
https://albert.rit.edu/record=b3757905~S3
Place: 
France - Lyon
Rights: 
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
Transcript: 
Title translation from French: "The Plowmen: poem taken from Jocelyn; reproduced in woven characters with license from the publishers."
Notes: 
Binding Info: Original janseniste binding in brown morocco. Gold-tooled lines along board edges and along interior pastedowns.Gold-tooled titling on spine. Doublures in blue-green silk with gold ornamentation. Paste-down doublure has additional gold fill at center. Gilt edges on top and bottom of pages. Original slipcase in brown leather with marbled brown and tan paper on front and back.
Other Title: 
Les labovrevrs