Sixe idillia : that is, sixe small, or petty poems, or aeglogues: PB 367-2003

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Titles

Sixe idillia : that is, sixe small, or petty poems, or aeglogues

Maker(s)

Author: Theocritus
Translator: Dyer, Edward
Illustrator: Gribble, Vivien
Illustrator: Balston, Thomas
Publisher: Duckworth and Co
Printer: Cloister Press

Description

Chosen out of the right famous Sicilian poet Theocritus, and translated into English verse.

Half-title: Sixe idillia chosen out of the famous Sicilian poet Theocritus, and translated into English verse.

Text from the anonymous translation (by E. D.) first publ. Oxford 1588 (E. D. at one time identified as Sir Edward Dyer).

57, [7] p : ill ; 30 cm. First 2 and last 2 leaves blank.

Place(s) associated

London
Heaton Mersey

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1922

Note

"Of this edition ... printed on hand-made paper, with decorations designed and cut on wood by Vivien Gribble, 380 copies only, numbered and signed by the artist , have been printed, of which 350 copies are for sale, including not more than 25 copies hand-coloured by the artist." Museum has copy no. 1. Manuscript note by T[homas?] Balston on front end-page: "The frontispiece and wrapper were coloured by Miss Gribble for the 50 /- edition: the other woodcuts were coloured by me." Quarter bound in brown cloth and brown paper sides with hand coloured woodcut on front cover. With dust-jacket bearing same woodcut. "Printed ... at the Cloister Press, Heaton Mersey, Manchester" -- Colophon.