Selected Bab ballads: PB 128-2003

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Titles

Selected Bab ballads

Maker(s)

Author: Gilbert, William S.
Illustrator: Gilbert, William S.
Contributor: Pearson, Hesketh
Contributor: James, Philip
Printer: Oxford University Press
Printer: Ganymed Press
Publisher: Lane, Allen

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Book

Description

Written and illustrated by W.S. Gilbert, with an introduction by Hesketh Pearson and a note on Gilbert as illustrator by Philip James

120, [12] p : ill ; 22 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

1955 - 1954

Note

"Of this book one thousand five hundred copies were printed and bound for Sir Allen Lane at the University Press, Oxford. The collotype plates were printed by the Ganymed Press, London. The type is Monotype Bell and the paper Grosvenor Chater's Abbey Mills. The line engravings were made by John Swain and Son, Barnet" -- Colophon. Bound in black cloth over boards; inlaid blue leather panel on cover with illustrations of numerous figures in gilt.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 128-2003
Primary reference Number: 95080
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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