Winnie ille Pu
Book
1967 (published)
1967 (published)
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Winnie Ille Pu, a Latin version of Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, became an unexpected bestseller. Alexander Lenard first translated the ‘Heffalump’ story to teach children Latin. Later, he finished the other chapters and gave copies to reference libraries. One librarian said: ‘After several attempts were made to pinch it, we had to lock up the existing copy’. Publishers soon became interested. Within a week of the American release, Scribner’s Bookstore announced: ‘Editione omne vendita non restant exempla libri’ (‘The whole edition having been sold, no copies of the book remain’).
[Copy of the original label for the exhibition Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic]
[Copy of the original label for the exhibition Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic]
Object details
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| Title | Winnie ille Pu (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Case bound printed book with line illustrations. |
| Brief description | Book, 'Winnie ille Pu', translated into Latin by Alexander Lenard from the original by A.A. Milne, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, published in London by Methuen, 1967. NAL Pressmark: 60.CC.22. |
| Physical description | 121 pages with line illustrations. |
| Summary | Winnie Ille Pu, a Latin version of Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh, became an unexpected bestseller. Alexander Lenard first translated the ‘Heffalump’ story to teach children Latin. Later, he finished the other chapters and gave copies to reference libraries. One librarian said: ‘After several attempts were made to pinch it, we had to lock up the existing copy’. Publishers soon became interested. Within a week of the American release, Scribner’s Bookstore announced: ‘Editione omne vendita non restant exempla libri’ (‘The whole edition having been sold, no copies of the book remain’). [Copy of the original label for the exhibition Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic] |
| Other number | 60.CC.22 - NAL Pressmark |
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| Library number | 38041800961112 |
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| Record created | April 19, 2017 |
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