Accession number
PML 130216
Creator
Clare, John, 1793-1864.
Published
London : The Beaumont Press ... , 1924.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
1st ed.
"8 copies ... have been printed on vellum ... 80 copies ... have been printed on Japanese vellum paper signed by the editor artist and publisher and numbered 9 to 88 and 310 copies ... on hand-made paper numbered 89 to 398"--P. [ii].
Library has no. 80, on vellum paper.
"The cover and illustrations [woodcut engravings] designed by Randolph Schwabe, the typography and binding arranged and the book produced by Cyril William Beaumont ... "--Colophon.
Photogravure portraits of the author executed by Emery Walker after a bust (ca. 1828) by Henry Behnes [Burlowe], a painting (ca. 1844) by F. Grimshaw, and a death mask; photographs of the art works were taken by H. Cooper, Northampton.
Title in green ink.
"8 copies ... have been printed on vellum ... 80 copies ... have been printed on Japanese vellum paper signed by the editor artist and publisher and numbered 9 to 88 and 310 copies ... on hand-made paper numbered 89 to 398"--P. [ii].
Library has no. 80, on vellum paper.
"The cover and illustrations [woodcut engravings] designed by Randolph Schwabe, the typography and binding arranged and the book produced by Cyril William Beaumont ... "--Colophon.
Photogravure portraits of the author executed by Emery Walker after a bust (ca. 1828) by Henry Behnes [Burlowe], a painting (ca. 1844) by F. Grimshaw, and a death mask; photographs of the art works were taken by H. Cooper, Northampton.
Title in green ink.
Description
xiii, [9], 102, [2] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's 1/2 vellum, floral printed boards, gold-tooled spine.
Classification
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Department