Atalanta in Calydon : a tragedy / by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Atalanta in Calydon : a tragedy / by Algernon Charles Swinburne.
Date
1865
By
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909., Barrett, Richard, printer., Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882, cover designer., Turnbull, Alexander, 1868-1918, former owner., Edward Moxon & Co. publisher., Zaehnsdorf (Firm) binder.
Notes

1st ed. Limited ed. of 100 copies. Cf. Wise.

"London. Richard Barrett, printer, Mark Lane"--T.p. verso.

With a half title.

Pages [2], 1st set, [iv], [vi], 2nd set, and final p., are blank.

Printed on wove unwatermarked paper.

Binding: cream buckram bevelled boards, three ornaments designed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti stamped in gold on front cover. Spine tooled in gold.

Wise, T.J. Swinburne, 9

Binding Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.

Alexander Turnbull Library copy exhibited ; REng SWIN Atal 1865 (363541) : Simple to Sumptuous: Bookbindings 1450 to the Present. 5 April - 19 July 2008

The Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy 1 has standard binding, with top text edges untrimmed. Provenance: bookplate of Alex H. Turnbull. Acc. 363540.

The Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy 2. Binding: light green crushed morocco, upper and lower covers have single fillet enclosing ornate floral borders tooled in gold, central armorial crests of Alexander H. Turnbull, spine gold tooled with floral design, gold tooled edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt text edges. Binder's stamp on turn-in of upper cover "Bound by Zaehnsdorf," gilt binder's seal on lower pastedown. Provenance: bookplate of Alex H. Turnbull. Acc. 363541.

Digital image available: bookbinding, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 2. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.

Source URL
Binding https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE6595244

Related to
Digital Collection = Kohinga Matihiko 81268192800002836 Alma Collection

Publisher
London : E. Moxon & Co., 1865.
Format
[2], xii, 111, [1] p. ; 21 cm.
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