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The deserted village : a poem / by Oliver Goldsmith ; with an introduction by William Andrews Clark, Jr. ; the frontispiece by William Wilke done in dry-point after a bas-relief by Helen Hall Culver.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 1091
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio PR3486 .A1 1926 [pt. 1]
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--18th century.
- English poetry.
- Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934--Library.
- Clark, William Andrews.
- Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934.
- Private libraries--United States--20th century.
- Private libraries.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Private press books (Printing)
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Clark,
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain -Wieck Collection copy)
- Keelys' (bookplate) (Vilain -Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [6], xli, [1], 24, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 32 cm (folio) + 1 facsimile ([8], 23, [5] pages ; 23 cm)
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Printed for William Andrews Clark, Jr. by John Henry Nash, 1926.
- Notes:
- In case, with facsimile reprint of the 1770 quarto edition.
- Facsimile volume is of Clark's copy of the first edition (same as PML 6838).
- Originally published: London : W. Griffin, 1770.
- Preliminary and final pages are blank except for decorative green horizontal rules used as borders.
- "Two hundred copies have been printed for private distribution only, this copy being no. ..."
- Edition with introduction by Clark follows that of Peter Cunningham, 1854 (see page xxviii).
- Includes bibliographical referecnes (pages xxvi-xxxvii).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for Kislak with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
- Kislak copy has presentation slip tipped in at front, which reads: Compliments of William Andrews Clark, Jr. Christmas Mdccccxxvi.
- Penn Libraries copy imperfect: facsimile wanting.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has number 86. Also has presentation slip tipped in at front, which reads: Compliments of William Andrews Clark, Jr. Christmas Mdccccxxvi.
- Cited in:
- Ransom, W. Private presses, p. 362
- OCLC:
- 166492770
- Online:
- The Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund Home Page
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