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The poems of Robert Burns: PB 251-2003

Object information

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Titles

The poems of Robert Burns

Maker(s)

Author: Burns, Robert (poet)
Compiler: Ferguson, John De Lancey
Illustrator: Hassall, Joan
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Designer: Dreyfus, John
Printer: Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd

Categories

Description

Selected and with an introduction by DeLancey Ferguson ; decorated with wood engravings by Joan Hassall

Xxii, 191, [1] p. ; ill. ; 28 cm

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • Glasgow

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1965

Note

"Fifteen hundred copies made for the members of The Limited Editions Club. It has been designed by John Dreyfus and printed by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd., The University Press, Glasgow"--Colophon. Museum has copy number "J.D." signed by Joan Hassall. Quarter bound in bottle-green cowhide stamped in black and gold, imported paper sides inlaid with black embossed portrait. Issued in slipcase (paper with floral pattern, also used for endpages, 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 251-2003
Primary reference Number: 95780
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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

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