Comus, a mask / [John Milton].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, John, 1608-1674, author.

Contributor:

Savage, Reginald, 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 eighth of the great poems series]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masques, English--17th century.

Masques, English.

Vellum printed books--Specimens.

Vellum printed books.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Vellum printings (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Caslon.

Blind tooled bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Slipcases (Binding)

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Vellum endleaves (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Masques.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

[2], 47, [1] pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm

Manufacture:

[Place of printing not identified] : Printed under the care of C.R. Ashbee, at the Essex House Press ..., A.D. MDCCCCI [1901]

Other Title:

Milton's Comus

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:

Caption title.

"Printed under the care of C.R. Ashbee, at the Essex House Press, with a wood block frontispiece by Reginald Savage A.D. MDCCCCI. 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]"--Colophon.

"The eighth of the great poems series. Caslon type, printed in blue and black, on vellum. With frontispiece by Reginald Savage: 'Comus and his revellers,' hand-coloured. The written and gilded letters throughout are by Miss Florence Kingsford. 150 copies. 1902."--Ashbee, The private press.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 135 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 150 copies, all on vellum. 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 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 tissue tipped in after last printed leaf. Housed in slip case.

Cited in:

Ashbee, C.R. A bibliography of the Essex House Press, page 17

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

OCLC:

2743250