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A Small Classical Dictionary
A Small Classical Dictionary
A Small Classical Dictionary

A Small Classical Dictionary

Artist (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Publisher
Date1980
Object NameBook
Mediumcard, paper, ink
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsBook: 9 x 10.5 x 0.5cm
Envelope: 9.5 x 12cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017566
About MeArtist's book printed on white paper with a grey card cover, published "Christmas MCMLXXX" by the Parrett Press. Contains 14 unnumbered pages of alternative dictionary definitions. Text is printed in black and red. Produced in an edition of 75 signed copies. Sent by the artist to Joyce Laing in an envelope postmarked 21 December 1984.

This book is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing, OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend.
An Improved Classical Dictionary
An Improved Classical Dictionary
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1981
A Concise Classical Dictionary
A Concise Classical Dictionary
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
The Collected Dictionaries: A - Affluence
The Collected Dictionaries: A - Affluence
Ian Hamilton Finlay
n.d.
The Collected Dictionaries: A - Apollo
The Collected Dictionaries: A - Apollo
Ian Hamilton Finlay
n.d.
The Errata of Ovid
The Errata of Ovid
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1983
Of Flutes & Wild Roses
Of Flutes & Wild Roses
Ian Hamilton Finlay
2003
Highlights: A Homage to André Derain
Highlights: A Homage to André Derain
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1997
Image Not Available for Copies of Correspondence Between Ian Hamilton Finlay, William Brown, Duncan MacMillan and Benjamin Tindall
Copies of Correspondence Between Ian Hamilton Finlay, William Brown, Duncan MacMillan and Benjamin Tindall
Joyce Laing
1994
Temple, n. a marble edifice, a veined edifice; the seat or summit or reason.
Temple, n. a marble edifice, a veined edifice; the seat or summit or reason.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1984
Temple, n. a marble edifice, a veined edifice; the seat or summit or reason.
Temple, n. a marble edifice, a veined edifice; the seat or summit or reason.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1984
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1993
Christmas 1985
Christmas 1985
Joyce Laing
1985
Unsigned
Unsigned
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1994
Letter from Alida Spaander to James McBey (Letters and Memorabilia Belonging to James McBey)
Letter from Alida Spaander to James McBey (Letters and Memorabilia Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey
1910
5 Proverbs for Jacobins
5 Proverbs for Jacobins
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
Image Not Available for Lempieres Classical Dictionary
Lempieres Classical Dictionary
1838
Follies: A Little Spartan Guide to the National Trust
Follies: A Little Spartan Guide to the National Trust
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1987
Letter from Alida Spaander to James McBey (Letters and Memorabilia Belonging to James McBey)
Letter from Alida Spaander to James McBey (Letters and Memorabilia Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey
1913
Image Not Available for Copy of a Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to the British Council
Copy of a Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to the British Council
Joyce Laing
1991
Somewhere in the wood was shining the little red lantern of Christmas...
Somewhere in the wood was shining the little red lantern of Christmas...
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1986
Image Not Available for Classical Dictionary
Classical Dictionary
October 1872
Image Not Available for Press Release from the Saint-Just Vigilantes
Press Release from the Saint-Just Vigilantes
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1986
Interpolations in Hegel
Interpolations in Hegel
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1984