Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
Title:
The poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley / selected, edited, and introduced by Stephen Spender ; illustrated with wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith.
Published / Created:
Cambridge : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Printing House, 1971.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 312 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View finding aid for the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ycba.mss.0017
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the University Printing House in Cambridge by Brooke Crutchley, Printer to the University. Forty-six engravings [Bain nos. 165-210]. Edition of 1500 copies signed and numbered by Shirley Smith ... The Shelley project--commissioned by the Limited Editions Club in the United States in 1969 at the suggestion of John Dreyfus--was printed in 1971 and reprinted by the Heritage Press in 1974..."--Moss.
Subject Terms:
English poetry -- 19th century. | Limited Editions Club -- Publisher. | University Printing House -- Printer. | Crutchley, Brooke -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1971. | Poetry.
Contributors:
Shirley Smith, Richard, engraver. | Spender, Stephen, 1909–1995. | Moss, Roger W., 1940– former owner. | Limited Editions Club.