Madrigals & chronicles : being newly found poems / written by John Clare ; edited with a preface and commentary by Edmund Blunden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clare, John, 1793-1864, author.

Contributor:

Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974, editor.

Schwabe, Randolph, 1885-1948, illustrator, cover designer.

Beaumont, Cyril W. (Cyril William), 1891-1976, publisher, printer.

Minns, S. R., typographer.

Smith, W., typographer.

Beaumont Press, publisher, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--19th century.

English poetry.

Poetry.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printers' devices (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Vellum printings (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Handmade papers (Paper)

Japan vellum (Paper)

Case bindings (Binding)

Decorated paper bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Poems.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii, [11], 102. [2] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : The Beaumont Press 75 Charing Cross Road, MDCCCCXXIV [1924]

Notes:

"This is the eighteenth book issued by the Beaumont Press. 8 copies (two of which are not for sale) have been printed on vellum signed by the editor artist and publisher and numbered 1 to 8. 80 copies (five of which are not for sale) have been printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the editor artist and publisher and numbered 9 to 88 and 310 copies (10 of which are not for sale) on hand-made paper numbered 89 to 398. This is no. [blank]"--Limitation statement.

"The cover and illustrations designed by Randolph Schwabe. The typography and binding arranged and the book produced by Cyril William Beaumont. Printed on his press at 75 Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster. Completed on the twentieth day of February MDCCCCXXIV. Pressman, S.R. Minns. Compositor, W. Smith."--Colophon.

Title in brown and green.

Printer's device at colophon.

Binding: quarter cream buckram over decorative paper boards; title and author's name stamped in gold on spine; deckled edges, untrimmed.

Local Notes:

RBC has copy no. 130.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 387 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 310 copies on hand-made paper numbered 89 to 398. See limitation statement.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Cited in:

Beaumont, C.W. The first score, 18

Jackson, B.T. The Beaumont Press 1917-1931, 18

White, E. Introduction to the Beaumont Press, page 22

OCLC:

4220724