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The path to peace : selected poems: PB 48-2004

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Titles

The path to peace : selected poems

Maker(s)

Author: Sassoon, Siegfried
Publisher: Stanbrook Abbey Press
Binder (person): Percival, George
Binder (person): Graham, Rigby
Calligrapher: Adams, Margaret
Calligrapher: Westover, Wendy

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Description

By Siegfried Sassoon

[9], 31, [2] 27 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Worcester

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1960

Note

"This book is handset in Jan van Krimpen's Romulus Cancelleresca Bastarda printed ... at the Stanbrook Abbey Press ... bound by George Percival and Rigby Graham in a limited edition of 500 copies, comprising 20 copies on Millbourne handmade paper, bound in full vellum hand-lettered & gilded by Margaret Adams, 480 copies on W.S.H. handmade paper, quarter-bound in vellum, hand-lettered initials."-- Colophon. Museum has copy no. 129, with a capital "L" in gold by Margaret Adams, and 26 capitals drawn in red by Wendy Westover. Title vignette in gold. Inscription signed by Siegfried Sassoon: "Inscribed for John Dreyfus (who was my previous and likewise perfectionist printer)" Quarter bound in vellum with blue marbled paper sides, gilt lettering on spine.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 48-2004
Primary reference Number: 108067
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 22 June 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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