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Little journeys to the homes of the great. Vol.5: PB 438-2003

Object information

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Titles

Little journeys to the homes of the great. Vol.5

Maker(s)

Author: Hubbard, Elbert
Editor: Hoyle, John T.
Publisher: Wm. H. Wise & Co.
Printer: Roycrofters
Typographer: Rosen, Charles J.
Typographer: Sahlin, Axel Edward
Binding (person): Charles Youngers

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Description

By Elbert Hubbard

Memorial edition. Printed and made into a book by the Roycrofters, which is in East Aurora, Erie county, New York

Contents: William Morris. Robert Browning. Alfred Tennyson. Robert Burns. John Milton. Smuel Johnson. Thomas B. Macaulay. Lord Byron. Joseph Addison. Robert Southey. Samuel T. Coleridge. Benjamin Disraeli.

347p : ports. (incl. fronts.) pl ; 22 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1970

Note

"... edited and arranged by John T. Hoyle; typography by Charles J. Rosen and Axel Edward Sahlin; presswork by John Hall and Peter Zimmer; borders and initials by Roycroft artists, and binding by Charles Youngers. Produced by the Roycrofters, their shops, which are in East Aurora, Erie County, New York, MCMXVI."--Colophon. Bound in brown leather with embossed panel on front cover featuring trees.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 438-2003
Primary reference Number: 98417
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 August 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Little journeys to the homes of the great. Vol.5" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/98417 Accessed: 2024-11-15 15:22:06

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