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An elegy written in a country church-yard / by Thomas Gray ; with an introduction by James Southall Wilson & a foreword by William Andrews Clark, Jr. ; the frontispiece is by William H. Wilke.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 1092
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771. Elegy written in a country churchyard.
- Gray, Thomas.
- Elegy written in a country churchyard (Gray, Thomas).
- English poetry--18th century.
- English poetry.
- Genre:
- fine press books.
- facsimiles (reproductions)
- poetry.
- Facsimiles
- Poetry
- Facsimiles.
- Poetry.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain -Wieck Collection copy)
- Keelys' (bookplate) (Vilain -Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 11, [3] pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 37 x 24 cm + facsimile (11 pages ; 25 x 20 cm)
- Other Title:
- Elegy wrote in a country church yard
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Printed for William Andrews Clark, Jr. by John Henry Nash, 1925.
- Notes:
- The text of the edition of 1768 as printed in 1884, by Gosse, in a case, with a facsimile of the edition of 1751.
- Title-page and frontispiece within ornamental borders.
- "Of this edition Two Hundred copies have been printed for private distribution only, of which this copy is Number _."
- "Compliments of William Andrews Clark, Jr. Christmas Mdccccxxv"--slip, tipped in.
- Facsimile of the first edition from a copy formerly owned by Locker-Lampson, with facsimiles of manuscripts notes, signed F. Locker, on fly-leaves preceding title page and one mounted on leaf at end.
- "Historical and bibliographical foreword": pages vii-xx.
- Local Notes:
- 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 number 166. Also has presentation slip tipped in at front, which reads: Compliments of William Andrews Clark, Jr. Christmas Mdccccxxvi
- Cited in:
- O'Day, N. Catalogue of books printed by John Henry Nash, pages 41-2
- OCLC:
- 1401024135
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