Accession number
PML 151455
Creator
Longus.
Published
Chelsea [London, England] : The Ashendene Press : Imprimé par C.H. St. John Hornby sur sa presse à bras à Shelley House, 1933.
Credit line
Bequest; Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Limited edition of 290 copies on paper, 20 on vellum--Colophon.
Printer's unbound sheets. Leaves also numbered as pages: [4], iv, 163, [9] p. Sig. u2 (p. 149-153) is a half-sheet. Final sheet is blank and genuine.
Printer statement from colophon.
Printer's device on t.p. (in black) and at colophon (in red).
"Les illustrations furent dessinées et gravées sur bois par Gwendolen Raverat. Les initiales en coleurs furent faites à la main dans l'atélier de Graily Hewitt"--Colophon.
Title page in red and black, with publisher's device; text with red and blue headings, side-bars, initials, section titles.
With half title: "Les pastorales de Longus Daphnis et Chloe".
Includes editor's preface, with some biographical information on author.
Letter inlaid laid in from Hornby.
Printer's unbound sheets. Leaves also numbered as pages: [4], iv, 163, [9] p. Sig. u2 (p. 149-153) is a half-sheet. Final sheet is blank and genuine.
Printer statement from colophon.
Printer's device on t.p. (in black) and at colophon (in red).
"Les illustrations furent dessinées et gravées sur bois par Gwendolen Raverat. Les initiales en coleurs furent faites à la main dans l'atélier de Graily Hewitt"--Colophon.
Title page in red and black, with publisher's device; text with red and blue headings, side-bars, initials, section titles.
With half title: "Les pastorales de Longus Daphnis et Chloe".
Includes editor's preface, with some biographical information on author.
Letter inlaid laid in from Hornby.
Description
[24] leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 51 x 36 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
1/4 vellum and green paper sides. In its original box.
Classification
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