The lad Philisides : being a selection of songs, pastoral eclogues & elegies from the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia / by Sir Philip Sidney ; wood-engravings by Harry Brockway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586, author.

Contributor:

Brockway, Harry, 1958- illustrator, autographer.

McDowall, Nicolas, printer.

Austin, Richard (Engraver), type designer.

Hughes, Bill, typographer.

Old Stile Press, publisher, printer.

Woolnough Fine Binding, binder.

Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker & Söhne, papermaker.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

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

Standardized Title:

Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pastoral poetry, English--16th century.

Pastoral poetry, English.

English poetry--16th century.

English poetry.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Printers' devices (Publishing)

Mould-made papers (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Bell.

Case bindings (Binding)

Decorated paper bindings (Binding)

Gilt edges (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Slipcases (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Poems.

Autographs (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

Brockway, Harry, 1958- (autograph) (Furness copy)

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

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

Brockway, Harry, 1958- (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

51, [3] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

[Llandogo] : The Old Stile Press, [1988]

Notes:

"The printing of this book was completed in January 1988 by Nicolas McDowall at The Old Stile Press, Catchmays Court, Llandogo, nr Monmouth, Gwent ... The Bell type was set by Bill Hughes and the binding is by Woolnough Fine Binding ... The main edition ... consists of 225 numbered copies, signed by the artist. In addition there is a special edition ... of twenty-six lettered copies which have, contained in a portfolio, proofs of each of the wood-engravings together with one which does not appear in the book. This is [blank]"--Colophon.

"Bell type. Monotype set by Bill Hughes. Printed on Zerkall Halbmatt mould-made paper on a Victoria platen press. 19 wood engravings printed from the wood. Bound by Woolnough Fine Binding. Japanese raw silk spine with red leather title label blocked in gilt, boards covered with patterned paper, designed by the artist, printed blue on red. Plum coloured Colorplan endpapers. to edge gilt, fore- edge and tail uncut. Slipcase covered in brown cloth with inset of printed wood engraving repeated from the text. 225 copies, signed by the artist. 26 special copies issued with a portfolio containing a set of the wood engravings plus one extra wood engraving, signed by the artist. Bound by Woolnough Fine Binding. Quarter red leather, boards covered as in the ordinary edition. Portfolio in matching binding. Slipcase covered in handwoven Japanese raw silk."--Harrop.

Title in black and blue.

Publisher's devices on title leaf and on page preceding colophon.

Local Notes:

Furness copy acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Furness copy is no. 171.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 47 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 225 numbered copies signed by the artist. See colophon.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: slip case retained.

Cited in:

Harrop, D.A. Old Stile Press-- in the 20th century, page 64

ISBN:

0907664148

9780907664147

090766413X

9780907664130

OCLC:

60053834