Yale Center for British Art

Title:
The Folio golden treasury : "the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language" / chosen and introduced by James Michie ; illustrated with wood engravings by various artists selected by Simon Brett.
Published / Created:
London : The Folio Society, 1997.
Physical Description:
xxxiv, 733 p : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
MSS 17 Moss no. 132
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View finding aid for the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ycba.mss.0017
Classification:
Books
Notes:
In slip case.

"Set in Baskerville at The Folio Society. Printed at St Edmundsbury Press on Balmoral Book Wove paper. Bound by Hunter & Foulis, Edinburgh, in quarter leather and cloth sides printed with a design by Simon Brett."--Page [iv].

"Included are engravings by Shirley Smith illustrating sections: 8, 169, 170, 171, 187, 205, 224 (three engravings), 291, 292, 294, 296, 298, 299, 300 (two engravings), 301 (two engravings), 302 (three engravings)--in all 22 engravings, many of which had previously been commissioned for Folio Society books."--Moss.

Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 132

Contains index.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in quarter leather with cloth sides over-printed with a design by Simon Brett contained in a slip case.

BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.
Subject Terms:
Lyric poetry. | English poetry. | Folio Society -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1997. | Poetry.
Contributors:
Michie, James. | Brett, Simon, born 1943 | Shirley Smith, Richard, engraver. | Moss, Roger W., 1940– former owner. | Folio Society (London, England)