[1]² [2-10]⁴ [11]⁶; inserts after [1]1 [2]4 [3]2 [5]1 [5]2 [6]2 [7]2 [9]2 [9]4 [10]4 [11]4; erratum slip tipped onto [11]6^r.

[6] 1-81 [+3].

Small Demy 4^o: 10½" × 8", yop edge only trimmed, white wove, VGZ Holland; 24pt. Lutetia; line block decorations; aquatint illustrations on inserts and on text pages; casing, cloth, white and yellow, spine printed in red: ‘THE | DIARY | OF A | MADMAN | * | GOGOL’, and on upper cover: ‘THE DIARY | OF A MADMAN | CRESSET PRESS’.

See Simon 1973 p.248: Catalogue raisonné mentions no limitation, but adds 'also 30 copies on hand-made paper'; also Curwen 1934 p.28-9.

Curwen copy seems to have been un-numbered.

• Alexeieff, Alexandre, 1901–1982 IMDb
• Cresset Press, London
  • run by the philanthropist Denis Cohen, 1927-1967, specialising in limited editions and the pochoir technique.
• Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809–1852 IMDb
• Lutetia
  • 1928, designed by Jan van Krimpen; Lutetia was the Latin name for Paris;
  • see Simon (1973) p.194, Balston(1951) p.28.
• Mirsky, D. S., Prince, 1890–1939 ODNB

As Lh.

As Lh.

As Lh but top edge gilt, white wove, F J Head & Co; type and illustrations as Lh; 21 proofs of the aquatints with protecting tissues are in a pocket inside the lower board; pocket is built up to appear like the ordinary leaves of the book when closed; half leather binding on 3 cords, solid gilt, parchment sides, leather spine label gold-blocked: ‘[3 fillets] | THE | DIARY | OF A | MADMAN | [2 fillets] | GOGOL | [3 fillets]’.

B.L. copy numbered 'out of series'.

• Alexeieff, Alexandre, 1901–1982 IMDb
• Cresset Press, London
  • run by the philanthropist Denis Cohen, 1927-1967, specialising in limited editions and the pochoir technique.
• Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809–1852 IMDb
• Mirsky, D. S., Prince, 1890–1939 ODNB