Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909
Title:
Hymn to Proserpine / by Algernon Charles Swinburne; engravings by John Buckland-Wright.
Published / Created:
London : Printed in Great Britain at the Golden Cockerel Press, 1944.
Physical Description:
9, [3] pages: illustrations ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR5506 .H96 1944
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, London, in Caslon Old Face type on our special Tree and Serpent watermarked hand-made paper, and is finished on the 10th day of January, 1944. The poem is printed by permission of Messrs. Heinemann. The edition is limited to 350 copies: Nos: 1-50 contain 1 extra engraving and are specially bound."--Colophon.

Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 159

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 6 of 350. Bound in purple morocco with gilt-stamped green inlay, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
Subject Terms:
English poetry -- 19th century. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens. | Golden Cockerel Press. | English poetry.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Handmade papers (Paper) | Wood engravings -- 1944. | Poems.
Contributors:
Buckland Wright, John, 1897–1954, engraver. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. | Sandford, Christopher, printer. | Rutter, Owen, 1889–1944, printer. | Sangorski & Sutcliffe, binder.