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Bibliographical descriptions of Agrippa (a book of the dead).
]]> http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/the-book-subcategories/bibliographical-specs/agrippabibliographical-specs/feed 0 Hodge, James J. “Bibliographic Description of Agrippa” (Commissioned for The Agrippa Files). http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/commentary-subcategories/essays/hodge-james-bibliographic-description-of-agrippa-commissioned-for-the-agrippa-files http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/commentary-subcategories/essays/hodge-james-bibliographic-description-of-agrippa-commissioned-for-the-agrippa-files#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:34:17 +0000 aliu http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/the-book-subcategories/bibliographical-specs/hodge-james-bibliographic-description-of-agrippa-commissioned-for-the-agrippa-files This detailed bibliographical description of Agrippa was commissioned for The Agrippa Files, and is based on examination of the copy in the New York Public Library supplemented by examination of the privately-held “Archive-1″ copy of the work (shown to the site editors by the publisher, Kevin Begos, Jr.) and the “promotional prospectus” in the Whitney Museum of American Art. Also consulted were descriptions of other known publicly-accessible copies in museums and libraries. Correspondence and an interview with the publisher supplied additional information.

]]> http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/commentary-subcategories/essays/hodge-james-bibliographic-description-of-agrippa-commissioned-for-the-agrippa-files/feed 0 Kirschenbaum, Matthew G. “Ashbaugh and Gibson’s Agrippa: A Description of the Book Based Upon My Examination of the NYPL Copy.” http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/bibliography-subcategories/scholarly-writings/kirschenbaum-matthew-g-ashbaugh-and-gibsons-agrippa-a-description-of-the-book-based-upon-my-examination-of-the-nypl-copy http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/bibliography-subcategories/scholarly-writings/kirschenbaum-matthew-g-ashbaugh-and-gibsons-agrippa-a-description-of-the-book-based-upon-my-examination-of-the-nypl-copy#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:31:59 +0000 aliu http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/bibliography-subcategories/scholarly-writings/kirschenbaum-matthew-g-ashbaugh-and-gibsons-agrippa-a-description-of-the-book-based-upon-my-examination-of-the-nypl-copy MGK (Matthew G. Kirschenbaum’s blog). 4 June 2004. Retrieved 26 Sept. 2005. http://www.otal.umd.edu/~mgk/blog/archives/000804.html

Kirschenbaum, whose introduction to his Mechanisms: New Media and the New Textuality (under contract to MIT Press, scheduled publication Fall 2006) discusses Agrippa and its early reception, provides a bibliographical description of the the copy held by the New York Public Library.

“The purpose of what follows is to make public a reasonably complete physical description of the book, something which appears to be lacking at the present. Indeed, there is a great deal of internet lore and misinformation surrounding the project; Gibson himself, for example, once claimed never to have seen a copy, in turn leading some to conclude none were ever completed—but this statement is belied by the appearance of Gibson’s own signature on the flyleaf of the copy at NYPL. The best technical description to date is from the Center for the Art of the Book; while it is authoritative on bibliographical matters it lacks any description of the book’s actual content.”

]]> http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/bibliography-subcategories/scholarly-writings/kirschenbaum-matthew-g-ashbaugh-and-gibsons-agrippa-a-description-of-the-book-based-upon-my-examination-of-the-nypl-copy/feed 0 Center for Book Arts. Physical Description of Agrippa (a book of the dead). http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/bibliography-subcategories/scholarly-writings/center-for-book-arts-physical-description-of-agrippa-a-book-of-the-dead http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/bibliography-subcategories/scholarly-writings/center-for-book-arts-physical-description-of-agrippa-a-book-of-the-dead#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:20:31 +0000 aliu http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/bibliography-subcategories/scholarly-writings/center-for-book-arts-physical-description-of-agrippa-a-book-of-the-dead Center for Book Arts. 1993. Retrieved 26 Sept. 2005. http://www.centerforbookarts.org/archive/workdetail.asp?workID=747

Brief bibliographical description of Agrippa concentrating on the physical artifact; created for the Center for Book Arts’s exhibition of Agrippa, NYC, 24 April-19 June, 1993.

“The deluxe edition of AGRIPPA was set in Monotype Gill Sans at Golgonooza Letter Foundry, and printed on Rives heavyweight text by the Sun Hill Press and by Kevin Begos Jr. The etchings were made by the artist and editioned by Peter Pettingill on Fabriano Tiepolo paper. The book was handsewn and bound in linen by Karl Foulkes. The housing was designed by the artist, and the encryption code used to destroy the story was created by (BRASH), with help from several other individuals who will go unnamed. The regular edition of AGRIPPA was also set in Monotype Gill Sans, but in a single column page format. It was printed by the Sun Hill Press on Mohawk Superfine text and the reproduction of the etchings were printed on a Canon laser printer. The book was Smythe sewn at Spectrum Bindery and is enclosed in a clamshell box.
published by Kevin Begos, Jr.”

]]> http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/bibliography-subcategories/scholarly-writings/center-for-book-arts-physical-description-of-agrippa-a-book-of-the-dead/feed 0 Publicly Accessible Copies of Agrippa http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/the-book-subcategories/bibliographical-specs/publicly-accessible-copies-of-agrippa http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/the-book-subcategories/bibliographical-specs/publicly-accessible-copies-of-agrippa#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:18:58 +0000 aliu http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/post/the-book-subcategories/bibliographical-specs/publicly-accessible-copies-of-agrippa Three copies of Agrippa (a book of the dead) are known to be in the collections of libraries and museums: the New York Public Library in New York, NY < http://catnyp.nypl.org/ >, Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI < https://www.library.wmich.edu/ >, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, England < http://www.vam.ac.uk/nal/catalogues/ >. It is noteworthy that neither the Library of Congress nor the British Library owns a copy.

The Frances Mulhall Achilles Library at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, New York < http://library.whitney.org/ > has a promotional prospectus of Agrippa.

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