Te deum laudamus and Nunc dimittis : from the Book of common prayer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edwards, Cyril, typographer.

Guthrie, James, 1874-1952, book designer.

Guthrie, John, illustrator.

Church of England.

Pear Tree Press, publisher.

Pear Tree Press.

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

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Black letter series

[Black letter series]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing--Specimens.

Printing.

Gothic type.

textura (gothic script).

Genre:

Specimens.

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Mammana, Richard J. (donor) (Yarnall Rare copy)

Physical Description:

[14] pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm.

Place of Publication:

Flansham, Bognor Regis, Sussex : Pear Tree Press, 1929.

Notes:

Imprint from colophon which reads: These two ... hymns ... are here set in black-letter by Cyril Edwards, the format and decoration are by James Guthrie, designs by John Guthrie. 150 copies hand-printed in black and colours at the Pear Tree Press, Flansham, Bognor Regis, Sussex, September, anno domini, 1929. This is number ---

Black and silver decorative paper boards with paper label on front cover.

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 is number 2.

Yarnall Rare copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2023 by Richard Mammana.

Yarnall Rare copy is number 34 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 150 copies. See colophon.

Cited in:

Ridler 23

Eckert, p. 32

Guthrie, p. 16

Related Work:

Church of England. Book of common prayer.

Pear Tree Press. Black letter series.

OCLC:

9363806