1927 Jg limited paper edition

Copies examined

British Library: 11633.f.54
Curwen Press: D26

Title page

[A]4r

DELIGHTED EARTH | [rest of t.p. printed in blue] A SELECTION BY PETER MEADOWS FROM | HERRICK'S 'HESPERIDES' | WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY LIONEL ELLIS | PUBLISHED BY | THE FANFROLICO PRESS | Five Bloomsbury Square | London, W.C. | [flower]

Colophon

[A]6r

Imprint

[N]1r

The Collotype Illustrations | have been printed by | Waterlow & Sons Ltd.

Limitation

[A]2r

(500)

Collation

[A]6 B-L8 M6 [N]4; [N]4 is pastedown.

Pagination

[14] 3-10 [11-12] 13-27 [28-30] 31-61 [62-4] 65-72 [73-4] 75-84 [85-6] 87-101 [102-4] 105-126 [127-8] 129-153 [154-6] 157-170 [171-180].

Technical description

Medium 8o: 9⅛" × 5¾", trimmed, artificial head- and tail-bands, white laid, Vidalon; 14(+2)pt. Koch Kursiv hand set; collotype illustrations; blue printing on [A]4r M6r [N]1r; casing, blue cloth, printed black up spine: ‘DELIGHTED EARTH’, and on upper cover: ‘DELIGHTED EARTH | FANFROLICO PRESS’.

Notes

B.L. catalogue entry states: 1 of 25 copies printed on Japanese vellum.

Vidalon paper was made from 1485 in the mills at Deûme, Beaujolais, developed by the Montgolfier brothers, from 1956 part of Arjomari, and later Wiggins Teape.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963