print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.175
- Description
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems. Illustrated from Designs by John Absolon, Birket Foster [i.e. Myles Birket Foster], and Matthew S. Morgan [i.e. Matthew Somerville Morgan]. Engraved on Wood by T. Bolton [i.e. Thomas Bolton]. London W. Kent & Co. (late D. Bogue), 86, Fleet Street, 1859. London: Savill and Edwards, Printers, Chandos Street, Covent Garden. viii, 124p. The illustration on page 22 is after Matthew Somerville Morgan. The illustration on page 29 is after John Absolon. There is an ownership inscription on the upper endpaper recto. Robin de Beaumont’s notes regarding price and dating of this copy are on front endpaper verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down.
Binding: Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder’s Ticket on lower pastedown: “/ Bound by/ Bone & Son/ 76, Fleet Street, London./” [Ball no. 17C.] Green morocco vertical-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically. Two fillets are blocked in blind on the borders. A pattern of stems and leaves is blocked in relief on the sides and on each corner. The central vignette is blocked in gold. On its perimeter, stems, flowers and ‘dotted’ leaves form a diamond, in which the title words: The/ Courtship/ of Miles Standish/ are blocked in gold in ‘gothic’ lettering. Signed WHR [i.e. William Harry Rogers] as a monogram at the base of the vignette. The spine is blocked in gold. Near the head, the title words: “/ The/ Courtship/ of/ Miles/ Standish/” are blocked in gold, within stylised plant decoration blocked above and below.
- Production date
- 1859
- Dimensions
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Height: 210 millimetres
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Width: 12 millimetres
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Width: 141 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For descriptive details of the binder’s ticket, see: Ball, Douglas. Victorian publishers’ bindings. London, Library Association, 1985, Appendix E, Nineteenth Century Edition Binders’ Signatures.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Courtship of Miles Standish and other poems.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.175