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The life of Richard Nash, esquire / by Oliver Goldsmith.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Blue Sky 10
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nash, Richard, 1674-1761--Biography.
- Nash, Richard.
- Bath (England)--History--18th century.
- Bath (England).
- Bath (England)--Social life and customs--18th century.
- Nash, Richard, 1674-1761.
- Manners and customs.
- England--Bath.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Handmade papers (Paper)
- Japan vellum (Paper)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Caslon.
- Case bindings (Binding)
- Cloth bindings (Binding)
- Gold tooled bindings (Binding)
- Leather bindings (Binding)
- Gilt edges (Binding)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [8], 19-132, [2] pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Life of Richard Nash, Esq., late master of the ceremonies at Bath, extracted principally from his original papers
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The Blue Sky Press, [1904]
- Notes:
- This is a reprint of the 1762 second edition.
- "Here ends the life of Richard Nash as written and revised by Oliver Goldsmith. The first edition was published the year after Nash's death. It was popular and went through two editions, but by some unaccountable reason it has been overlooked by nearly all editors of his works. This edition has been printed and published by the Blue Sky Press, Chicago, MCMIV: Limited to 100 copies on hand-made paper, and 25 copies on Japan vellum; this being number [blank]"--Colophon.
- Title in red and black.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 10 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 125 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 bound in three-quarter gold-ruled green morocco over green cloth; 5 raised, gold-tooled bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; title and author's surname stamped in gold on spine; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt.
- Cited in:
- Ransom, W. Private presses and their books, page 221, number 32
- OCLC:
- 5923861
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