Robert Burns' Tam O'Shanter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Robert, 1759-1796, author.

Contributor:

Strang, William, 1859-1921, illustrator.

Kingsford, F. (Florence), rubricator, illuminator.

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

Edward Arnold (Publishers), publisher.

Samuel Buckley & Co., publisher.

Essex House Press, printer.

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

Series:

[The seventh of the great poems series]

Standardized Title:

Tam O'Shanter

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottish poetry--18th century.

Scottish poetry.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printers' devices (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Vellum printings (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Caslon.

Blind tooled bindings (Binding)

Case bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Slipcases (Binding)

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Vellum endleaves (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:

12, [2] pages : 1 illustration ; 19 cm

Manufacture:

[Chipping Campden] : Printed ... at the Essex House Press ... & under the care of C.R. Ashbee, Anno Domini, MDCCCCII [1902]

Other Title:

Burns' Tam O'Shanter

Place of Publication:

[London] : Published in England by Edward Arnold, 37 Bedford Street, Strand ; [New York] : And in America by Samuel Buckley & Co., 100 William Street, New York, [1902]

Notes:

Title, printer statement, and imprint date from explicit, which reads: Here ends Robert Burns' Tam O'Shanter, printed, among the great poems of the language, at the Essex House Press, with a frontispiece by William Strong, & under the care of C.R. Ashbee. Anno Domini, MDCCCCII..

"Published in England by Edward Arnold, 37 Bedford Street, Strand, and in America by Samuel Buckley & Co., 100 William Street, New York. 150 copies only, and all on vellum. This copy is No. [blank]"--Page [14].

"The seventh of the great poems series. Caslon type, red and black, on vellum. With frontispiece and coloured initial W by W. Strang: 'Tam and the landlady,' and 'Tam pursued by Witch Meg.' The written and gilded letters by Miss Florence Kingsford."--Ashbee, The private press.

Colored and gilded printer's device on page [13].

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 4 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 150 copies, all on vellum. See page [14].

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 bound in full vellum; printer's device and motto ("SOVL IS FORM") stamped in blind on left board; title stamped in gold on spine; guard tissues laid in between leaves. Housed in slip case.

Cited in:

Ashbee, C.R. A bibliography of the Essex House Press, page 8

Ashbee, C.R. The private press, page 72

OCLC:

896174026