Accession number
PML 143035
Creator
Constable, Henry, 1562-1613.
Published
London : Sold by Hacon & Ricketts, 1897.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Imprint from colophon.
First page of text enclosed in decorative floral border; decorative initials.
"Here ends this edition of Poems and sonnets by Henry Constable, edited from early editions and manuscripts by John Gray, with wood wood cut border & decorations executed by Charles Ricketts, under whose supervision the book has been printed at the Ballantyne Press. Sold by Messrs. Hacon & Ricketts at the sign of the Dial."--Colophon.
Printed on paper bearing the Vale Press watermark.
One of an edition of 210 copies.
First page of text enclosed in decorative floral border; decorative initials.
"Here ends this edition of Poems and sonnets by Henry Constable, edited from early editions and manuscripts by John Gray, with wood wood cut border & decorations executed by Charles Ricketts, under whose supervision the book has been printed at the Ballantyne Press. Sold by Messrs. Hacon & Ricketts at the sign of the Dial."--Colophon.
Printed on paper bearing the Vale Press watermark.
One of an edition of 210 copies.
Description
ci, [2] p. ; 24cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Dark purple morocco tooled in gilt with burgandy silk doublures by the Knickerbocker Press, with the original blue and patterned paper from the publisher's boards bound in.
Classification
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