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Creator:
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
Title(s):
Gray's elegy.
Additional Title(s):
Elegy written in a country churchyard
Published/Created:
London : Longman and Co. ; 1846.
New York : Wiley and Putnam, 1846.
Physical Description:
[36] p. ; 25 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR3502 E5 1846 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR3502 E5 1846 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 227
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Both are bound in blind- tooled brown calf binding, deeply embossed to imitate carved wood. The design consists of holly leaves. The front cover has lettering: Gray's Elegy. The back cover has interlaced initials: OJ. See Mclean for further information.
BAC: Binding ticket reads: Bound by Edmonds & Remnants, London.
"Illuminated by Owen Jones."
Printed in chromolithography and gold, in imitation of mediavel illuminated manuscripts.
McLean, Ruari. Victorian book design p. 91
Subject Terms:
Edmonds & Remnants -- Binder.
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771. Elegy written in a country churchyard.
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874, binding designer.
Longman and Co. -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Chromolithographs -- 1846.
Contributors:
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874, ill.
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