1928 Kze

This volume is referred to in Mzi as Mabbe's Novels.

[A]⁴ B-Z⁴, 2A-2C⁴.

[8] 1-12 [13] 14-18 [19] 20-4 [25] 26-9 [30] 31-6 [37] 38-63 [64] 65-70 [71] 72-7 [78] 79-118 [119] 120-22 [123-4] 125 [126] 127-42 [143] 144-81 [182] 183-6 [187] 188-91 [192] 193-7 [+3].

10¼" × 7½", untrimmed, white wove, no mark; 16pt. Garamond with ligatures, 4-line decorative initials by Bliss to each of the 3 stories; black and white line blocks on pp.2, 9, 19, 37, 45, 97, 101, 108 171, 192, with hand-coloured stencilling in various colours on 16 leaves: pp.13, 25, 30, 60, 68, 71, 78, 86, 113, 118, 126, 135, 143, 162, 182, 187; casing, spine maroon cloth, gold-blocked: ‘The | SPANISH | LADIE and two | other stories from | CERVANTES | [flower] | Translated by | MABBE | 1640 | [and at foot] 1928 | OXFORD’; boards grey laid paper, upper cover blocked in maroon with design from p.68.

One of the stencilled books shown at the Zwemmer Gallery 1930 (see Ac88).

Not in the 1963 handlist or the Curwen Library; see Imprint above for illustrations and printing of text; not mentioned by Simon 1956 p.87 or by Simon 1973 p.217.

• Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900–1984 NPG ODNB
• Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547–1616 IMDb
• Curwen Press. An exhibition of stencilling (1930 : Zwemmer Gallery, Charing Cross Rd, London)
• 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.
• Mabbe, James, 1572–1642? ODNB
• Oxford University Press see also Oxford University Press (U.S.) (subsidiary)