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The courtier's library : or, Catalogus librorum aulicorum incomparabilium et non vendibilium: PB 314-2003

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Titles

The courtier's library : or, Catalogus librorum aulicorum incomparabilium et non vendibilium

Maker(s)

Author: Donne, John
Editor: Simpson, Evelyn Mary
Translator: Simpson, Percy
Publisher: Nonesuch Press
Printer: Johnson, John (printer)
Printer: Oxford University Press

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Description

By John Donne. Edited by Evelyn Mary Simpson. With a translation

First separate reprint. Keynes, Donne, 112.
A list of 34 imaginary books ascribed to real authors

[4], 93 [1] p. ; 17 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London
  • Oxford

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1930

Note

Title within red ornamental border. "Of this edition ... 950 copies have been printed for sale in England and America in the Fell types by John Johnson printer to the University at the Oxford University Press upon Auvergne hand-made paper. This is number [in ms] 23".--Colophon. Bound in green paper over boards. Gold-stamped leather label 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 314-2003
Primary reference Number: 96021
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Monday 31 July 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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