The booke of freendeship of Marcus Tullie Cicero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, author.

Contributor:

Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612, translator.

Ross, E. Denison (Edward Denison), Sir, 1871-1940, editor.

Ashbee, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1863-1942, printer, illustrator.

Miller, Alec, 1879-1961, engraver.

Essex House Press, publisher, printer.

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

Standardized Title:

Laelius de amicitia. English & Latin

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Friendship.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Vellum printings (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Unopened edges (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Endeavour.

Case bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Translations.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

viii, 1, 2-51, 2-51, [3] pages : portraits ; 23 cm

Manufacture:

[Campden, Gloucestershire] : Printed at the Essex House Press, Campden, Glos. ... under the care of C.R. Ashbee, 1904.

Other Title:

M. Tulli Ciceronis Laelius de amicitia liber ad T. Pomponium Atticum

Place of Publication:

[London] : Published by the Essex House Press, 16a Brook St., Bond Street, London, W., [1904]

Language Note:

Latin text and English translation by Sir John Harington on facing pages of: Laelius de amicitia.

Notes:

Latin text has caption title: M. Tulli Ciceronis Laelius de amicitia liber ad T. Pomponium Atticum.

"Here ends Cicero's De amicitia, with the English translation of Sir John Harryngton, edited by E.D. Ross, & printed at the Essex House Press, Campden, Glos., 1904, under the care of C.R. Ashbee, by whom are the two blocks, which have been cut by Alec Miller. Published by the Essex House Press, 16a Brook St., Bond Street, London, W., 150 copies and 10 on vellum, of which this copy is no. [blank]"--Colophon.

Facing pages 2-51 bear duplicate numbering.

"Printed in black and red, in 'Endeavour' type, vellum wrapper."--Ashbee.

Binding: full parchment; title stamped in gold on spine; deckled edges, untrimmed.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 117 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 150 copies. See colophon.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: some leaves unopened at head edge.

Cited in:

Ashbee, C.R. The private press, pages 76-77

OCLC:

4231925