Shelfmark
Lu.4.11
Author
Spenser, Edmund, 1552? - 1599
Title
The shepheardes calender : conteyning twelve æglogues, proportionable to the twelve monethes.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Hammersmith : Kelmscott, 1896.
Physical description
[4], 98p : 12 ill. (wood-engravings) ; 24cm.
Note
Author's name from Peterson, "A bibliography of the Kelmscott Press", 1984.
Note
Edited by F. S. Ellis.
Note
Wood-engravings by Arthur J. Gaskin.
Note
Golden type in black and red on watermarked Apple paper, with horizontal chain lines and deckled edges.
Note
Original natural cloth quarter-binding with blue paper boards and lettering stamped in black on front board.
Note
ECL copy: One of 231 copies, being one of 225 on paper.
Note
Ms. letter (dated 1893-04-11) to Arthur J. Gaskin from William Morris housed in ms. addressed envelope pasted onto front pastedown, given to John Drinkwater by Arthur J. Gaskin (information from ms. note by John Drinkwater).
Note
Pencil drawing signed by Arthur J. Gaskin pasted onto front endpaper, given to John Drinkwater by Arthur J. Gaskin (information from ms. note by John Gaskin).
Note
Loose pressed flower and leaves from the garden of Kelmscott House housed in tipped-in envelope on front endpaper (information from ms. note by John Drinkwater).
Note
Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil and ink.
Note
Ms. bookseller's code in pencil.
Citation/references note
Peterson, William S. A bibliography of the Kelmscott Press. Item A44
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of John Roland Abbey.
Provenance
Bookplate of Sophie Hall-Walker.
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "John Drinkwater, 1920" ; bookplate of John Drinkwater ; ms. note in pencil in John Drinkwater's hand on front endpaper.
Subject
Country life.
Subject
Shepherds.
Added entry--name
Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830 - 1901 ed.
Added entry--name
Abbey, John Roland, 1894 - 1964 former owner.
Added entry--name
Drinkwater, John, 1762 - 1844 former owner.
Added entry--name
Gaskin, Arthur, 1862 - 1928
Added entry--name
Morris, William, 1834 - 1896
Added entry--name
Hall-Walker, Sophie former owner.
Added entry--name
Kelmscott Press
Added entry--place
England Middlesex Hammersmith.
Identifier
B25011