print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.73
- Description
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Dalton, Henry. The book of drawing room plays and evening amusements: a comprehensive manual of in-door recreation [ in gothic lettering], including all kinds of acting charades; proverbs, burlesques, and extravaganzas; intellectual, active, catch and trick games; forfeits, board-games, and puzzles. The whole interspersed with practical directions concerning costume, and hints on management and accessories. With scenic illustrations by E. H. Courbold [i.e. Edward Henry Courbold] and G. de Maurier [i.e. George du Maurier]. And upwards of one hundred diagrams on wood. Accompanied by a copious index. London: James Hogg & Sons, [1861]. London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street and Charing Cross. 309p. 7 plates. With ten pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. The frontispiece plate hand coloured and is entitled: “/Strategy, my boy; strategy!/” Within the print is the signature: “G. du Maurier” and “Dalziel”. The front endpaper recto is inscribed:” / Robertson/ 13 Lancaster Gate/ [two signatures not readable]/” Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front pastedown.
Binding: Gilt edges. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Purple pebble-grain cloth. The lower cover is blocked in blind and in relief. Two fillets are blocked in blind on its borders. On the corners and the sides, a pattern of curling stems, leaves is blocked in relief. The oval-shaped central panel is formed by fillets, blocked in blind, which form an arabesque. The upper cover is blocked in gold and in relief. Two fillets are blocked in gold on the borders. Inside this, a third fillet is blocked in gold, with repeating dots blocked in relief within it. On the corners and one the sides, a pattern resembling rose flowers, leaves, stems and buds is blocked in gold, with the small decoration being picked out in relief. A pattern of interlocking single stems, is blocked in relief between two thin gold fillets, - all forming a central oval panel. Within the panel, we see a ‘fairy like’ figure, coming at us through an open door, with a sword hanging from the waist. The fairy wears a face mask. Above it, six stars are blocked, and above these, three oil lamps hang from the ceiling. The title words: “/ Drawing/ room/ plays [blocked on the left of the title]/ & evening amuse/ ments [blocked on the right of the fairy]/” are blocked in relief within scroll shaped lettering pieces that run vertically down the cover. The spine is blocked in gold. From the head downwards, the decoration is: Small fillets and decoration at the head; the title and author words: “/ The/ book of/ drawing/ room/ plays/ and/ evening/ amusements/ [rule] Henry Dalton/” are blocked in gold within a panel formed by a single curling gold fillet. Within a rectangle formed by a single gold fillet, a male figure, dressed in costume, with a crown on his head and two large feather rising from it, is reading a book in front of a long dress mirror; the words: “/ with/ illustrations/ & diagrams/” are blocked in gold near the tail; three fillets and small decoration are blocked in gold at the tail.
- Dimensions
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Height: 175 millimetres
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Thickness: 28 millimetres
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Width: 125 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The book of drawing room plays and evening amusements
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.73
