The Psalms of David , [1861 or 1862]
- 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 ManuscriptsFolio A N 115 Copy 1[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 115 Copy 2[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 115 Copy 3[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/581090
- 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.
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