print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.152
- Description
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Keats, John. The Eve of St. Agnes. Illustrated by Edward H. Wehnert. [i.e. Edward Henry Wehnert] London: Published for Joseph Cundall by Sampson Low and Son, 47 Ludgate Hill, 1856. London: Printed by Richard Clay, Bread Street Hill. 30p. With one page of publisher’s titles bound at the end. In the list of publisher’s titles, “Illustrated Present Books”, this work is described as: “Price 7s. 6d. handsomely bound in cloth, with gilt edges.” The device of Joseph Cundall is printed on the centre of the title page verso. The illustrations engraved by Horace Harral, Thomas Bolton, and James Cooper. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front pastedown.
Binding: Bevelled boards. Gilt edges. Light yellow end papers and pastedowns. Blue wave diagonal-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically in blind with four fillets on the borders, and then a pattern of leaves, stems and single buds on the corners and on the centre head and tail. More fillets blocked in blind form the central arabesque. On the centre of the upper cover, the words: “/ The/ Eve of St Agnes./ by John Keats./” are blocked in gold in elaborate gothic letters. The spine is blocked in gold only, with the title near the head: “/ The/ Eve/ of St./ Agnes/”
- Production date
- 1856
- Dimensions
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Height: 205 millimetres
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Thickness: 12 millimetres
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Width: 135 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Eve of St. Agnes.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.152
