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The poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley: PB 254-2003

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Titles

The poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Maker(s)

Author: Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Editor: Spender, Stephen
Illustrator: Smith, Richard Shirley
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Dreyfus, John
Printer: University Printing House
Printer: Crutchley, Brooke

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Description

Selected, edited and introduced by Stephen Spender ; illustrated with wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith.

Xxvii, 312, [3] p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • Cambridge (Cambs.)

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1971

Note

Of this edition ... fifteen hundred copies have been made for the members of The Limited Editions Club. It has been designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the University Printing House in Cambridge by Brooke Crutchley, Printer to the University."--Colophon. Museum has copy number "J.D." signed by the illustrator. Quarter bound in maroon morocco stamped in black and gold; linen sides with inlaid black embossed portrait. Issued in slipcase (black paper over card).

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 254-2003
Primary reference Number: 95793
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 30 May 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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