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Creator:
Thomson, James, 1700–1748
Title(s):
The seasons / by James Thomson : with five pictures by Jacquier and an introduction by John Beresford.
Published/Created:
London : The Nonesuch Press, 1927.
Physical Description:
xx, [2], 198, [2] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR3732 .S54 1927+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The engraved illustrations are included in the pagination.
"Of this edition of The seasons 1,500 copies have been printed for sale in England and America: the text by the Kynoch press, Birmingham; the pictures by A. Alexander and Sons. The copper-plates were engraved by C. Sigrist, and the prints were water-coloured through stencils by the Curwen Press."--Colophon.
Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, 47
BEIN Z78 0103: No. 865.
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 321 of 1500. Bound in red, blue, and gray marbled cloth.
Subject Terms:
English poetry -- 18th century.
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Poems.
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1927
Contributors:
Nonesuch Press, publisher.
Kynoch Press, printer.
A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., printer.
Curwen Press, printer.
Jacquier (Artist), illustrator.
Sigrist, Charles, engraver.
Beresford, John, 1888–1940, writer of introduction.
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