| British Library: | 010704.f.86 |
| Curwen Press: | B4 |
| British Library: | 010704.f.86 |
| Curwen Press: | B4 |
[A]3r
EMIN The Governor of Equatoria [decorative rule] BY A.J.A.SYMONS [decorative rule] LONDON [decorative rule] THE FLEURON LTD 1928
[A]1v
THIS, THE FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND SET IN 'LUTETIA' TYPE, IS PRINTED BY OLIVER SIMON AT THE CURWEN PRESS, PLAISTOW The edition consists of 300 copies This is number ......
[A]4 B-G4.
[11] 4-17 [18-21] 22-45 [46] 47 [+1]; The endleaves after G are a blank section in four.
Foolscap 4o: 8½" × 6⅝" trimmed, white wove, no mark 16½pt. Lutetia (founder's type); casing, spine black cloth, gold-blocked up: ‘EMIN : A.J.A.SYMONS’, boards white laid paper with red-printed pattern
Emin Pasha (1840-92) was Governor of Equatorial Sudan; B.L. copy and Curwen copy un-numbered.
The first use of Lutetia in England, hand-set; see Simon 1956 p.42 note.
One of the books shown in J. Curwen & Sons Centenary Exhibition 1963 (see Ab7) in Bloomsbury.
18/Feb/28
Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 4/Dec/2007
