- Museum number
- 1992,0406.184
- Description
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The poetical works. With illustrations. [Device and monogram of Fredeick Warne.] London: Frederick Warne and Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden, 1869. London: printed by Woodfall and Kinder, Milford Lane, Strand, W. C. xii, 628p. 8 plates. The frontispiece is an engraved portrait of Longfellow, signed: “/ Yours truly/ Henry W. Longfellow/ . It is signed: “engraved by J. Rapkin & Son.” The half title page has a printed medallion portrait of Longfellow. The plates (apart from the frontispiece) are signed: “Dalziel”.The plate opposite page 357 is signed: “A B Houghton [i.e. Arthur Boyd Houghton]. The plate opposite page 531 is signed: “A W C” [i.e. Alfred W. Cooper], The plates opposite pages 555, and 607 is signed: “W. Small” [i.e. William Small]. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso.
Binding: Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Bookseller’s label on lower pastedown: “/ U. B. Mattacks./ Bookseller/ & Stationer/ Colchester/” Blue sand-grain cloth. The lower cover is blocked in blind and in relief. A single fillet is blocked in blind on the borders. On the centre, four joined leaves are blocked in relief, their stems forming a diamond in the middle, in which four ‘bud heads’ are blocked in relief. The upper cover is blocked in gold, in black. Two gold fillets are blocked on the borders. On the centre head and the centre tail, two rectangular gold lettering-pieces are blocked, each with the word: “Longfellow” and “Illustrated”, blocked in relief within it. Each lettering-piece also has a single fillet blocked in relief on its borders. Above and below these rectangles, Patterns are blocked in gold and in black. Surrounding the centre, is curling stem, leaf and bud decoration, all blocked in black. Down each side, four five-pointed stars are blocked in gold. The centre is square, pierced by four points. On its perimeter, between two fold fillets, a red (probably paper) on lay is pasted, with small repeating gold dots blocked within it. On the centre, there are three shields, denoting Ireland (the harp), England (three lions), Scotland (the lion rampant).. All are supported on a rose bush, with leaves and stems below the shields. Small crosses are blocked in gold between the shields. The spine is blocked in gold and in black. From the head downwards, the decoration is: A gold fillet across the spine, with small circles blocked in relief within it; a cartouche in gold; a thin gold fillet across the spine; The word: “/ Longfellow/” is blocked in relief within a semi-circular gold lettering-piece; this is within a rectangular panel, formed by a diagonal hatch gold blocking; there is small decoration in black within this panel; on the centre of the spine is a square, pierced by four points; There is a single black fillet blocked on its perimeter and then, between two gold fillets, hatch gold is blocked, with small repeating gold dots blocked in relief within it; a rose bush, stems, leaves and a single rose flower are blocked within this square; Down the lower half of the spine, thistle plants are blocked in gold, surrounding a ‘spade shape’ formed by a fillet in black and repeating gold dots, with small clover leaf decoration blocked in black inside it, and a five pointed star at its base; At the tail, surrounded by a single gold fillet forming a rectangular panel, the word: “/ Illustrated/” is blocked in relief, within a rectangular gold lettering-piece, which has single fillets blocked above and below it in relief; small stem and bud decoration surrounds this lettering-piece.
- Production date
- 1869
- Dimensions
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Height: 180 millimetres
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Thickness: 42 millimetres
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Width: 130 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The poetical works.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.184
