Parisian nights : a book of essays / by Arthur Symons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945, author.

Contributor:

Payne, Wyndham, cover designer.

Beaumont, Cyril W. (Cyril William), 1891-1976, printer.

Minns, S. R., typographer.

Smith, W., typographer.

Beaumont Press, printer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English essays--19th century.

English essays.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printers' devices (Printing)

Vellum printings (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Handmade papers (Paper)

Case bindings (Binding)

Decorated paper bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Essays.

Autographs (Provenance)

Booksellers' labels (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Mahel Ulrich's Book Shop (label) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[8], 49, [1] pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Westminster] : [Cyril William Beaumont], [1926]

Contents:

Lautrec and the Moulin rouge

A visit to Aristide Bruant: 1892

Constantin Guys

At the "Chat noir": 1892

Forain

A voyage of discovery

Honore Daumier

On cats and clowns.

Notes:

"The edition of this book is limited to 80 copies (five of which are not for sale) printed on hand-made parchment vellum signed by the editor and numbered 1 to 80 and 310 copies (ten of which are not for sale) on hand-made paper numbered 81 to 390. This is no. [blank]"--Limitation statement.

"The cover and title-page designed by Wyndham Payne the typography and binding arranged and the book produced by Cyril William Beaumont printed on his press at 75 Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster completed on the eighth day of February MDCCCCXXVI Pressman S.R. Minns Compositor W. Smith"--Colophon.

Title in red and black; color title vignette.

Printer's device at colophon.

Binding: quarter vellum over decorative paper boards or quarter cream buckram over decorative paper boards. See Jackson.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 123 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 310 copies on hand-made paper numbered 81 to 390. See limitation statement.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has bookseller's label ("Mahel Ulrich's Book Shop Minneapolis St. Paul Duluth Rochester") on back pastedown.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy bound in quarter cream buckram over decorative paper boards; title and author's name stamped in gold on spine; deckled edges, untrimmed.

Cited in:

Beaumont, C.W. The first score, 20

Jackson, B.T. The Beaumont Press 1917-1931, 20

White, E. Introduction to the Beaumont Press, page 22

OCLC:

2867428