The RAPE Observ’d Book

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Date

1974

Designer

Herzig Somerville Limited

Client

University of Toronto Press

Categories

Print Typography

![Screen shot 2013-10-22 at 12.30.43 PM](http://canadiandesignresource.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-shot-2013-10-22-at-12.30.43-PM.png) ![Screen shot 2013-10-22 at 12.31.00 PM](http://canadiandesignresource.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-shot-2013-10-22-at-12.31.00-PM.png) This is an edition of Alexander Pope’s _The Rape of the Lock._ The purpose has been to recreate by means of illustration, using as far as possible engravings and objects contemporary with the poem, the actual visible world of Pope’s time. [Via.](http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/entries/%2Bid%3A16089/_/detail/relevance/asc/0/7/16089/the-rape-observd/1)

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