A journal of the life and travels of John Woolman in the service of the gospel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woolman, John, 1720-1772, author.

Contributor:

Savage, Reginald, illustrator, engraver.

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

Green, Edgar, binder.

Power, Annie, binder.

Edward Arnold (Publishers), publisher.

Samuel Buckley & Co., bookseller.

Essex House Press, printer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Woolman, John, 1720-1772--Biography.

Woolman, John.

Quakers--Biography.

Quakers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Caslon.

Case bindings (Binding)

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Autobiographies.

Illustrated works.

Booksellers' labels (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

O. C. van Duijsen (Zwolle, Netherlands) (label) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[4], 387, [3] pages : 1 illustration ; 16 cm

Distribution:

[New York] : Sold in America by Samuel Buckley & Co., 100 William St., New York.

Manufacture:

[London] : Printed on the guarantee of Mr. John W. Pease & other Friends ... under the care of C.R. Ashbee : Essex House Press, Bow, MDCCCCI [1901]

Place of Publication:

[London] : Published in England by Edward Arnold, 37 Bedford Street, Strand, [1901]

Notes:

"Here ends the journal of John Woolman the best of Friends. To whom the Essex House Press would do honour by recording his work in a manner worthy of him. To this end the book has been printed on the guarantee of Mr. John W. Pease & other friends, with a frontispiece by Reginald Savage, and under the care of C.R. Ashbee. Essex House Press, Bow. MDCCCCI"--Pages [388]-[389].

"Published in England by Edward Arnold, 37 Bedford Street, Strand. 250 copies. No. [blank] and sold in America by Samuel Buckley & Co., 100 William St., New York."--Page [390].

"Caslon type, red and black. With a wood block drawn and cut by Reginald Savage: 'John Woolman reasoning with the Innkeeper.' Vellum cover. A few specially bound by Miss Power and E. Green. 16mo."--Ashbee, The private press.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 35 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 250 copies. See page [390].

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 has bookseller's label ("O.C. VAN DUIJSEN Boekhandel ZWOLLE") on front pastedown.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy bound in full parchment with cover extensions (each approximately 5 mm in width); spine title; fore- and tail edges untrimmed.

Cited in:

Ashbee, C.R. A bibliography of the Essex House Press, page 11

Ashbee, C.R. The private press, page 69

OCLC:

745191