- Museum number
- 1992,0406.364
- Description
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The Spirit of Praise a collection of hymns Old and New. London: F. Warne and Co.; New York, Scribner, Welford & Co., [1866]. [London:] Dalziel Brothers, engravers & printers, Camden Press. [14], 252p. 8 plates. In the ‘List of Illustrations’, the artists are given as [full names where possible]: J. Burlison, Thomas Dalziel, George John Pinwell, Frederick Smallfield, Edward Dalziel, Arthur Boyd Houghton, William Small, Alfred Walter Bayes, Paul Gray, John William North, Philip Hundley. The illustration on page 85 is after Bayes. It is captioned: “ / ‘T is manna to the hungry soul, / And to the weary rest./” The illustration facing page 105 is after Burlison and is captioned: “Patience”. Robin de Beaumont’s notes regarding the price of this copy are on the front endpaper recto. He has noted the following proof plates are in the Dalziel Brothers Archive [for 1866?]: vol. XVIII nos. 427-754.The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the upper pastedown.
Binding. Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Yellow endpapers and pastedown. Bookseller’s ticket on upper pastedown: “/ C. G. Pitman/ Bookseller & Stationer/ 62, Union Street/ Ryde I.W./” Binder’s ticket on lower pastedown: “/ Bound by/ W. Bone & Son./ 76, Fleet St./ London./” [Ball no. 17D.] Green sand-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically in gold and blind and in relief. On the borders, leaf and stem patterns are blocked between gold fillets. A fleur-de-lis is blocked on each corner, and a trefoils on each inner corner. Apart from the centre, the cover has a repeating pattern of ‘four leaves’, blocked in relief, with a gold dot on its centre. The centre-piece is a recessed quatrefoil, which is bordered with two gold fillets and hatch gold infill between them. Within the recess, a red leather onlay has small floral decoration on its perimeter. On the centre a ribbon-shaped gold lettering-piece has the words: “/ The/ Spirit of/ Praise/” blocked in gold within it, in relief ‘double letters’. The spine is blocked in gold and in relief. On its perimeter, a single gold fillet is blocked. Across the head, between two gold fillets, small repeating quarter foil decoration is blocked in gold. On the upper half, the same title letters are blocked in relief, within a gold ribbon-shaped lettering-piece. Down the spine to the tail, the same quatrefoil decoration is blocked in relief and in gold. On the lower half of the spine, the word: “/ Illustrated/” is blocked in gold, between two gold fillets, with small decoration in gold above and below the word. At the tail, the words: “/ F. Warne & Co./” are blocked in gold between two gold fillets.
- Production date
- 1866
- Dimensions
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Height: 252 millimetres
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Thickness: 34 millimetres
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Width: 195 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- 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 Spirit of Praise a collection of hymns Old and New.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.364
