print;
book;
book-illustration;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.212.f
- Description
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Once a week. An illustrated miscellany of literature, art, science, & popular invention. Volume XIII. June to December 1865. London: Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street. London: Bradbury & Evans, printers, Whitefriars. 1865. 780p. 80p. [Christmas Number.] 2 plates. In the “Index to Illustrations”, the artists are listed as: H. K. Browne, E. Buckman, E. W. Cooke, W. Crane, W. Dampier, Miss E. Dunn, Miss E. M. Edwards, F. Eltze, P. Gray, A. B. Houghton, W. L. Jones, T. R. Lamont, F. W. Lawson, J. Lawson, Miss L. Mearns, G. J. Pinwell, R. T. Pritchett, E. Pursell, P. Skelton, F. J. Slinger, T. Sulman, Rev. H. R. Wadmore, J. Wolf. The illustration on page 85 is after Miss L. Mearns, accompanying the poem “The fall of Castle Gardoval”, by R. J. The illustrations are variously signed: “Swain”. The illustration on page 138 is after Lamont, accompanying the poem: “Lauretta. A tale of the Moselle”, by G. R. Swayne. Robin de Beaumont’s notes about this volume are on the front endpaper verso.
Binding: Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Blue bead grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically in blind on the borders and on the corners, with a rule frame border and leaf and flower motifs on each corner. The upper cover has the title words: “/ Once/ a Week/” blocked in gold, in large gothic letters, with each capital “O” and “W” being placed within rectangular horizontal hatch gold lettering-pieces. Small plant decoration is adjacent to each capital letter. The spine is blocked in gold and in blind. Fillets are blocked across the spine in blind at the head and at the tail. On the upper half of the spine, the title words: “/ Once/ a/ Week./Vol. 13./” are blocked in relief within three rectangular gold lettering-pieces. Near the tail, the words: “/ Price 8/6/” are blocked in gold.
- Dimensions
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Height: 253 millimetres
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Thickness: 55 millimetres
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Width: 185 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Lauretta. A tale of the Moselle.
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Associated Title: The fall of Castle Gardoval.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.212.f
