print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.35
- Description
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Buchanan, Robert William. North coast and other poems. With illustrations by J. Wolf [i.e. Joseph Wolf], A.B. Houghton [i.e Arthur Boyd Houghton], W. Small [i.e William Small], T. Dalziel [i.e. Thomas Dalziel], G.J. Pinwell [i.e. George John Pinwell] , E. Dalziel [i.e Edward Dalziel], J.B. Zwecker [i.e. Johan Baptist Zwecker]. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. xv, 250p. With six pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. London: George Routledge and Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate. [London:] Dalziel Brothers, engravers and printers, Camden Press. A Dalziel Fine Art Gift book. The frontispiece illustration is after William Small. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down. Binding: The design is not signed. Text sewn on three tapes. Bevelled boards. Gilt edges. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder’s ticket on lower pastedown: “/ Bound/ by/ Leighton/ Son and/ Hodge/”. Red sand-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically in gold and in blind and in relief. Two sets of triangular patterns are blocked on the borders in gold. On the left hand corner, a rectangular green sand-grain cloth on lay is blocked in gold with Celtic zoomorphic designs and other small decoration picked out in relief. The title words “/ North coast/” are blocked in relief within this on lay. At each end of the on lay, more Celtic zoomorphic decoration is blocked in gold. The inner panel is offset to the right of the cover, and is formed by blocking in blind to highlight more Celtic patterns near the top, and a Greek fret pattern within diamonds near the bottom – all picked out in relief. Up the sides of this panel, repeating dots are blocked in relief. The title words: “/ and other/” are blocked in gold near the top of this panel. At the centre of the panel, a rectangular green sand-grain on lay is pasted. Within it, the title word: “/ Poems/” is blocked in relief, with the capital “P” having elaborate circular serif endings, and with small line decoration blocked in relief beneath this word. The word :”/ by/” is blocked in gold, surrounded by a small stem decoration blocked in relief. The words: “/ Robert Buchanan/” are blocked in relief with a rectangular gold panel. Beneath this, a line of repeating dots is blocked in gold with a rectangular green panel. The spine is blocked in gold and in relief. At the head, a ‘twisted string’ pattern is blocked in gold. Beneath this, a square green sand-grain cloth on lay is pasted, with four circles blocked in gold, with ‘flower petal’ decoration being picked out in gold within these. Beneath these, a rectangular gold panel is formed by a single gold fillet, with repeating crossed lines forming a zig-zag pattern, in gold. The title and author words: “/ North/ coast/ and other/ Poems/ by [in relief within a rectangular gold panel with decoration in relief]/ Rob. Buchanan/” are blocked in gold, with the capital letters “N” and “P” being elaborated. Below the title, the word “/Illustrated/” is blocked in relief within a rectangular gold panel, which has ‘crossed line’ decoration above and below it blocked in gold. Below this a rectangular panel is formed by two fillets blocked in gold; within it, a rectangular green sand-grain on lay is pasted. Inside it, more Celtic zoomorphic patterns are blocked in gold and in relief. Near the tail, word “/Routledge/” is blocked in relief within a rectangular gold panel. At the tail, a pattern of ‘knotted string’ is blocked in gold. The British Library copy is at shelf mark 11651g13.
- Dimensions
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Height: 236 millimetres
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Thickness: 35 millimetres
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Width: 180 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The British Library copy is at shelf mark 11651g13.
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage.aspx?RecordId=020-000016904&ImageId=ImageId=56034&Copyright=BL
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Northe Coast and other poems.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.35
