1922 Es1

Copies examined

British Library: X4/9282 DSC
British Library: L.R.33.d.11
Curwen Press: J25

Title page

[A]3r

[line 1 and rule in red] VINCENT VAN GOGH | [double rule] | A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY BY | JULIUS MEIER-GRAEFE | Translated by | JOHN HOLROYD REECE | With One Hundred and Two | Illustrations after the works of | the Artist | [circular badge of the Medici Society Ltd] | Volume One | THE MEDICI SOCIETY LIMITED | LONDON: 7 Grafton Street, W.1 LIVERPOOL: 63 Bold Street | BOSTON, MASS.: 755 Boylston Street | MCM XXII | [double rule in red]

Half title

[A]2r

Imprint

[A]3v

Collation

[A]8 ([A]2+χ1) B-K14 (Ff 2 4 6 9 11 13 of each section are of wove paper bearing illustrations on their outer sides, except plate 52 is on K13r); plate in [A] portrait of Van Gogh un-numbered, other plates numbered 1-54 on outer margin at foot, but plate 55 on inner margin by mistake; B1 unsigned, B5 signed B2.

Pagination

(excluding wove leaves) [6] v-vii [viii] ix-xiv [1-2] 3-26 [27-8] 29-54 [55-6] 57-69 [70-2] 73-107 [108-10] 111-42 [+2].

Technical description

Demy 4o: 11" × 8⅝", trimmed, top edge gilt white laid, Abbey Mills, inserts of white wove, no mark; 14(+3)pt. Imprint with 4-line dropped initials; collotypes on inserts; casing, spine green cloth with 2 black cloth labels, near head 2½" high, gold-blocked: ‘[within ruled frame] VINCENT | VAN | GOGH | VOL.I | MEIER- | GRAEFE’ and near foot ⅜" high: ‘[within ruled frame] MEDICI SOCIETY’, boards brown mottled paper, upper cover gold-blocked near head: ‘VINCENT VAN GOGH

Note

For second volume see Es2.

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 4/Dec/2006

1922 Es2

Copies examined

British Library: X4/9282 DSC
Curwen Press: J25

Title page

[A]3r

[line 1 and rule in red] VINCENT VAN GOGH | [double rule] | A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY BY | JULIUS MEIER-GRAEFE | ... | [circular badge of the Medici Society Ltd] | Volume Two | THE MEDICI SOCIETY LIMITED | LONDON: 7 Grafton Street, W.1 LIVERPOOL: 63 Bold Street | BOSTON, MASS.: 755 Boylston Street | MCM XXII | [double rule in red]

Imprint

[A]3v

Collation

[A]8([A]2+χ1) B-G14(as in vol.I) [H]12(Ff 2 4 6 7 9 11 12 of each section are of wove paper) I4(I2-3 of wove paper).

Pagination

(excluding wove leaves) [1-4] v [vi] vii-x [1-2] 3-50 [51-2] 53-77 [75-80] 81-108; Plates numbered 56-99, plate on insert in [A] is un-numbered; Numbers at outer foot of page as in vol.I, plates on H6v H7r bear numbers 94A 94B as if not in the original plan.

Technical description

Demy 4o: 11" × 8⅝", etc. as Es1 but label on spine reads: ‘... | VOL.II | ...

Note

For first volume see Es1.

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 4/Dec/2006