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Title(s):
The Psalms of David / illuminated by Owen Jones.
Additional Title(s):
Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. 1862.
Published/Created:
[London : Day & Son], [1861 or 1862].
Physical Description:
[8], 100 p. : col. ill. ; 44 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 115 Copy 1
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 115 Copy 2
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 115 Copy 3
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is in original publisher's relievo leather binding, designed by Owen Jones and probably bound by Remnant & Edmonds. Presentation copy to Elizabeth Annie Londsale from her uncle Thomas A. Phillips, 1863.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is hand-bound in gold-stamped red leather. Presentation copy to Miss Hay Williams, 1865.
BAC: British Art Center copy 3 contains only the first 26 Psalms, with same preliminary pages as Copy 1-2, but only p. 1-13 of the text. One of the original parts, published in 1861? Bound in gold-stamped brown publisher's cloth, with deep embossed panel on front. Cover title: Twenty-six Psalms of David / illuminated by Owen Jones.
MUDD JJL2 10: Title on front board: 'The Victoria Psalter'. Binding is probably papier-mâché.
Originally published in parts, 1861-1862, by Day & Son.--cf. McLean.
"This illuminated Psalter is with permission dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria," & so is called the Victoria Psalter.
McLean, R. Victorian book design, p. 129
McLean, R. Victorian publishers' book-bindings in cloth and leather, 103
Subject Terms:
Bookbinding -- Specimens.
Day & Son -- Publisher.
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens.
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874, binding designer.
Lonsdale, Elizabeth Annie -- Pres. insc. from Thomas A. Phillips, 1863.
Phillips, Thomas A. -- Pres. insc. to Elizabeth Annie Lonsdale, 1863.
Remnant & Edmonds -- Bookbinder.
Williams, Hay, Miss -- Provenance, 1865.
Form/Genre:
Chromolithographs -- 1862.
Contributors:
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874.
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