1924 Gr

[1]²⁰; outermost pair used as pastedowns.

[8] 5-9 [10] 11-31 [+5].

Demy 16^o: 15⅜" × 4⅛", trimmed, white laid, watermark not identified; 12(+1½)pt. Garamond; illustration tipped on to f3; casing, light blue paper, upper cover printed: ‘THE | MYSTERY | OF THE | NATIVITY | [flower]’.

Liégeois is spoken in the region of Liége, the centre of the Walloon area of modern Belgium, and whether regarded as a dialect or a language it belongs to the Romance group and is one of the langues d'oïl.

• Aldington, Richard, 1892–1962 IMDb NPG ODNB
• Garamond
  • 1530, by Claude Garamont (a type-founder for Robert Estienne among others), the first design where the roman and italic belong together; his consistent preferred spelling was 'Garamont', but the 20th-century types wrongly ascribed to him continue to use the 'Garamond' spelling.
  • See Simon 1973 p.169, Moran 1971 p.22
  • 1922, Monotype revived 'Caractères de L'Université', based on designs by Jean Jannon of Sedan which had been wrongly attributed to Garamond.
• Garamond, 12pt.
• George Allen and Unwin, London