Accession number
PML 195082
Creator
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Published
Worcester [England] : Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1961.
Credit line
Gift of Caroline F. Schimmel and Stuart B. Schimmel in honor of William M. Griswold, 2008.
Notes
"Translated from the Latin & Greek texts by the Benedictines of Stanbrook ... decorations by Margaret Adams ... bound by George Percival & Rigby Graham; limited edition of 200 numbered copies comprising 40 copies on Twelve by Eight Silurian paper handmade by John Mason, 160 copies on J.F. Head's Linda Badger handmade paper; Silurian endpapers and two half-titles; copies 1-20 & 41-60 bound in full leather, the remainder in quarter leather, paper sides."--Colophon.
Printed in black, red, and blue; title-page device blocked in gold by George Percival. Cf. Butcher.
"The Grain of Wheat is drawn from Tractatus 24 in Joannem n. 1 et 2 in the Monastic Breviary, and from Sermo cccv, In solemnitate martyris Laurentii 4, Migne P.L. xxxviii."--p. [8].
Library has copy no. 9.
Printed in black, red, and blue; title-page device blocked in gold by George Percival. Cf. Butcher.
"The Grain of Wheat is drawn from Tractatus 24 in Joannem n. 1 et 2 in the Monastic Breviary, and from Sermo cccv, In solemnitate martyris Laurentii 4, Migne P.L. xxxviii."--p. [8].
Library has copy no. 9.
Description
[8], 18 p. ; 31 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Stuart B. Schimmel.
Binding
Library's copy bound in full maroon morocco by George Percival and Rigby Graham.
Classification
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