Printed by Oxford U.P., frontispiece hand-coloured through stencils by Curwen.

THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO | 500 COPIES ON MOULD-MADE PAPER, AND TO 30 COPIES ON | HAND-MADE PAPER, PRINTED | AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY | PRESS. THE NUMBER OF | THIS COPY IS [space for serial number]

I. a-c⁴ D-Z⁴ 2A-2B⁴; volume numbers (capital roman) prefix signatures through all 4 vols.

[8] vii-xxv [xxvi] xxvii-xxx, [1-2] 3-196.

11⅝" × 7½", trimmed, top edge gilt, white laid, no mark, artificial headband; 12pt. Garamond; line block headpiece (unsigned) to each novell; casing, spine unbleached linen, spine label at head glazed linen printed black: ‘THE | PALACE | OF | PLEASURE | * | PAINTER | VOL. I | THE | CRESSET | PRESS’, boards Curwen patterned paper, red + black printer's flowers.

Shown at the Zwemmer Gallery 1930 (see Mzi #18); frontispiece hand-coloured through stencils by Curwen Press.

One internet listing of Cresset publications states that D. P. Bliss signed the drawings in this set, but I have not yet seen any such.

Nottingham copy numbered 401.

• Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900–1984 NPG ODNB
• Cresset Press, London
  • run by the philanthropist Denis Cohen, 1927-1967, specialising in limited editions and the pochoir technique.
• 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.
• Garamond, 12pt.
• Miles, Hamish, 1894–1937
• Oxford University Press see also Oxford University Press (U.S.) (subsidiary)
• Painter, William, 1540?–1594 ODNB

Printed by Oxford U.P., frontispiece hand-coloured through stencils by Curwen.

THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO | 500 COPIES ON MOULD-MADE PAPER, AND TO 30 COPIES ON | HAND-MADE PAPER, PRINTED | AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY | PRESS. THE NUMBER OF | THIS COPY IS [space for serial number]

II. [A]⁶ B-2H⁴.

[8] vii-ix,1 [2] 3-9 [10] 11-244.

11⅝" × 7½", trimmed, top edge gilt, white laid, no mark, artificial headband; 12pt. Garamond; line block headpiece (unsigned) to each novell; casing, spine unbleached linen, spine label at head glazed linen printed black: ‘THE | PALACE | OF | PLEASURE | * | PAINTER | VOL. II | THE | CRESSET | PRESS’, boards Curwen patterned paper, red + black printer's flowers.

Shown at the Zwemmer Gallery 1930 (see Mzi #18); frontispiece hand-coloured through stencils by Curwen Press.

Nottingham copy numbered 401.

• Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900–1984 NPG ODNB
• Cresset Press, London
  • run by the philanthropist Denis Cohen, 1927-1967, specialising in limited editions and the pochoir technique.
• 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.
• Garamond, 12pt.
• Miles, Hamish, 1894–1937
• Oxford University Press see also Oxford University Press (U.S.) (subsidiary)
• Painter, William, 1540?–1594 ODNB

Printed by Oxford U.P., frontispiece hand-coloured through stencils by Curwen.

THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO | 500 COPIES ON MOULD-MADE PAPER, AND TO 30 COPIES ON | HAND-MADE PAPER, PRINTED | AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY | PRESS. THE NUMBER OF | THIS COPY IS [space for serial number]

III. [A]⁶ B-2K⁴.

[8] vii-xxv [xxvi] xxvii-xxx [+2],1-254.

11⅝" × 7½", trimmed, top edge gilt, white laid, no mark, artificial headband; 12pt. Garamond; line block headpiece (unsigned) to each novell; casing, spine unbleached linen, spine label at head glazed linen printed black: ‘THE | PALACE | OF | PLEASURE | * | PAINTER | VOL. III | THE | CRESSET | PRESS’, boards Curwen patterned paper, red + black printer's flowers.

Shown at the Zwemmer Gallery 1930 (see Mzi #18); frontispiece hand-coloured through stencils by Curwen Press.

Nottingham copy numbered 401.

• Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900–1984 NPG ODNB
• Cresset Press, London
  • run by the philanthropist Denis Cohen, 1927-1967, specialising in limited editions and the pochoir technique.
• 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.
• Garamond, 12pt.
• Miles, Hamish, 1894–1937
• Oxford University Press see also Oxford University Press (U.S.) (subsidiary)
• Painter, William, 1540?–1594 ODNB

Printed by Oxford U.P., frontispiece hand-coloured through stencils by Curwen.

THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO | 500 COPIES ON MOULD-MADE PAPER, AND TO 30 COPIES ON | HAND-MADE PAPER, PRINTED | AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY | PRESS. THE NUMBER OF | THIS COPY IS [space for serial number]

IV. [A]⁴ B-2E⁴ 2F⁶.

[6]vii-viii, 1-227 [+1].

11⅝" × 7½", trimmed, top edge gilt, white laid, no mark, artificial headband; 12pt. Garamond; line block headpiece (unsigned) to each novell; casing, spine unbleached linen, spine label at head glazed linen printed black: ‘THE | PALACE | OF | PLEASURE | * | PAINTER | VOL. IV | THE | CRESSET | PRESS’, boards Curwen patterned paper, red + black printer's flowers.

Shown at the Zwemmer Gallery 1930 (see Mzi #18); frontispiece hand-coloured through stencils by Curwen Press.

Nottingham copy numbered 401.

• Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900–1984 NPG ODNB
• Cresset Press, London
  • run by the philanthropist Denis Cohen, 1927-1967, specialising in limited editions and the pochoir technique.
• 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.
• Garamond, 12pt.
• Miles, Hamish, 1894–1937
• Oxford University Press see also Oxford University Press (U.S.) (subsidiary)
• Painter, William, 1540?–1594 ODNB