1923 Fn fine-paper edition

Copies examined

Curwen Press: K11

Title page

[A]2r

THE FLEURON | A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY | EDITED BY OLIVER SIMON | [design] | NUMBER ONE | At the Office of THE FLEURON | 1923

Colophon

X4r

unicorn Kzc no.2

Limitation

π4v

(110 total/ 100 for sale)

Collation

π4(=front endleaves sewn as a section) [A]4(3-fold insert after [A]4) B-R4, [S]4 [T]6(centre pair cream laid paper) [V]4 X4, inserts after G2 G4 I2.

Pagination

[i-iv] v [vi] vii [viii] 1-43 [44] 45-6 [47-8] 49-59 [60] 61-91 [92] 93-102 [103] 104-9 [110] 111-117 [118] 119-127 [+33], no inserts counted in.

Technical description

Demy 4o: top edge only trimmed and gilt, 11¼" × 8½",white laid, Batchelor's Kelmscott; 14pt. Garamond with 7-line dropped decorative initials, 'redrawn 16th-century French initial letters' see Simon (1956) p.30; many line block illustrations throughout; illustrative matter is tipped on to N2v, [S]2r, 3r, 4r, [T]1r, 2r, 6r, collotypes on inserts after [A]4 and G2; casing, black buckram, spine gold-blocked: ‘THE | FLEURON | No.1.1923

Notes

Erratum slip tipped onto [A]1r; Curwen Library index gave total printing of 125, but Simon (1956) p.30 says 120; de luxe edition 3 guineas.

Simon and Morison planned to have 8 issues of The Fleuron but only 7 were actually published; see Moran 1971 pp.81-92; Harley concurs (Harley 1970 p.17).

For the other issues see 2 Gl, 3 Gm, IV Hp; issues V and VI were edited by Stanley Morison and printed at Cambridge University Press.

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 2/Nov/2018

1923 Fna ordinary edition

Copies examined

British Library: P.P.1622.bia

Title page

[A]2r

As Fn.

Colophon

As Fn.

Collation and pagination

As Fn.

Technical description

trimmed 10⅞"; 3-fold insert after [A]4 but no others; as Fn but for absence of other inserts; white laid, Abbey Mills; casing, spine black cloth blocked as Fn, boards grey paper.

See Simon (1956) p.30; B.L. copy not numbered, Curwen copy likewise; ordinary edition has no Limitation statement; erratum and endleaves as Fn; 1,000 copies of ordinary edition printed; price 1 guinea (£1 1s.), de luxe 3 guineas.

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 2/Jul/2010