Accession number
PML 146693.1-51
Published
London : Charles Tilt, etc., 1835-1839.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Collection of miniature books of poetry, plays, essays, novels, and stories.
Imprint varies, with some 1839 volumes in the series bearing the imprint of London publishers Stewart and Murray or Robert Tyas.
Many volumes have publisher's advertisements.
Not listed in Doris Welsh's Bibliography of miniature books.
Wood engraved frontispiece illustration in each volume, some signed by the engravers R. Branston, S. Williams, Landells, and Bonner.
Collection of volumes housed in portable walnut bookcase, with three shelves and glass door and brass lock and key; 51 x 32 cm.
UCLA library catalog records additional titles for their collection of volumes comprising Tilt's miniature classical library; including an 8 v. set of the works of William Shakespeare; Pure gold from rivers of wisdom / edited by the author of Affection's keepsake; and The sacred harp; not included in the Morgan Library's collection.
Imprint varies, with some 1839 volumes in the series bearing the imprint of London publishers Stewart and Murray or Robert Tyas.
Many volumes have publisher's advertisements.
Not listed in Doris Welsh's Bibliography of miniature books.
Wood engraved frontispiece illustration in each volume, some signed by the engravers R. Branston, S. Williams, Landells, and Bonner.
Collection of volumes housed in portable walnut bookcase, with three shelves and glass door and brass lock and key; 51 x 32 cm.
UCLA library catalog records additional titles for their collection of volumes comprising Tilt's miniature classical library; including an 8 v. set of the works of William Shakespeare; Pure gold from rivers of wisdom / edited by the author of Affection's keepsake; and The sacred harp; not included in the Morgan Library's collection.
Description
55 v. : ill. (wood engraving) ; 11 cm (in case 51 x 32 cm)
Inscriptions/Markings
Individual volumes inscribed "JM Patton August 1839" on half-t.p.'s.
Provenance
Jane Mary Patton; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Individual volumes bound in full morocco with stamping in blind and gilt, as issued. All edges gilt.
Classification
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