Sir Roger de Coverly / by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele & Eustace Budgell ; edited by John Hampden, with wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith.
Published / Created:
London : Folio Society, 1967.
Physical Description:
158 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsMSS 17 Moss no. 85Yale 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:
"The illustrations consist of a frontispiece portrait of Addison and Steele and 30 wood-engraved head pieces [Bain nos. 85-115], one used at the opening of each essay. Shirley Smith also engraved a decorative rule, which is used beneath each head piece and on the title page."--Moss."Richard Shirley Smith's first book project for The Folio Society."--Bain.Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 85Bain, I. Wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, 85-115BAC: British Art Center copy bound by W. and J. Mackay in quarter brown buckram, marbled paper boards, and green end papers. In a brown slip case.BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.
Subject Terms:
Folio Society -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1967.
Contributors:
Shirley Smith, Richard, engraver. | Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672–1729. | Budgell, Eustace, 1686–1737. | Hampden, John, 1898–1974. | Folio Society (London, England) | Moss, Roger W., 1940– former owner.