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Paradoxes and problemes: with two characters and an essay on valour: PB 1923.2

Object information

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Titles

Paradoxes and problemes: with two characters and an essay on valour

Maker(s)

Author: Donne, John
Publisher: Nonesuch Press
Printer: Hall, Frederick
Printer: Oxford University Press

Categories

Description

By John Donne

Vii,80p ; 23cm

Place(s) associated

  • London
  • Oxford ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1944-05-26) by Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert, Sir, Bart

Dating

Production date: AD 1923

Note

"This edition is limited to 645 copies, printed and made in England for the Nonesuch Press in the 17th century Fell types by Frederick Hall, printer to the University of Oxford. The type has been distributed. This is number [in ms] 181". Binding: decorative paper boards. With dust jacket. Bound in red printed Italian paper covered boards, with paper label on spine. With dust jacket. Page edges untrimmed.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1923.2
Primary reference Number: 98858
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 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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