1953 ZKk

Copies examined

British Library: fD.72/27866 DSC
Curwen Press: M28

Title page

π5r

[within a red and black 62pt. border of flowers] LIFE IN | ENGLAND | in Aquatint and Lithography | 1770 – 1860 | [lines 4-6 in red] ARCHITECTURE · DRAWING BOOKS | ART COLLECTIONS · MAGAZINES | NAVY AND ARMY · PANORAMAS · ETC. | FROM THE LIBRARY OF | J.R. ABBEY | [double rule] | A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL | CATALOGUE | [double rule] | LONDON | PRIVATELY PRINTED | AT THE CURWEN PRESS | 1953

Imprint

π5r

Limitation

π3v

(400)

Collation

π6 [A-B]8 C-Z 2A-2E8; inserts after: π4 [B]2 E2 F7 H2 H6 N2 O2 O5 P2 P4 U2 Y4 Y6 Z1 Z2 2A2 2A5 2A7 2B1 2B2 2B4(two) 2B5 2B8(4) 2C2 2C4 2D1 2D2 2D3.

Pagination

[10] v [vi] vii-ix [x] xi-xiii [xiv] xv-xxi [xxii, 1-2] 3-4 [5] 6-10 [11] 12-56 [57] 58-63 [64-5] 66-80 [81] 82-4 [85] 86-94 [95] 96-114 [115] 116-8 [119] 120-34 [135] 136-46 [147] 148-63 [164] 165-9 [170] 171-87 [188] 189 [190] 191-202 [203] 204-5 [206] 207-25 [226] 227-33 [234] 235-7 [238] 239-48 [249] 250-1 [252] 253-7 [258] 259-89 [290] 291-321 [322] 323-58 [359] 360-2 [363] 364-79 [380] 381-410 [411-2] 413-27 [+5].

Technical description

Royal 4o: 12¼"×9½", trimmed, top edge gilt, artificial head- and tail-bands, white wove, no mark; inserts of white wove, no mark (mill finish); Bembo various sizes; collotypes on inserts, in colour after π4, line blocks on text pages; casing, dove-grey buckram, red leather spine label gold-blocked: ‘[within border of flowers] LIFE | IN | ENGLAND | IN AQUATINT | AND | LITHOGRAPHY | 1770–1860 | * * | J.R. ABBEY’; printed dust-jacket.

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised d/mmm/200?