Yale Center for British Art

Title:
The Psalms of David / illuminated by Owen Jones.
Alternate 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

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 115 Copy 2

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 115 Copy 3

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:
Lonsdale, Elizabeth Annie -- Pres. insc. from Thomas A. Phillips, 1863. | Phillips, Thomas A. -- Pres. insc. to Elizabeth Annie Lonsdale, 1863. | Williams, Hay, Miss -- Provenance, 1865. | Jones, Owen, 1809–1874, binding designer. | Day & Son -- Publisher. | Remnant & Edmonds -- Bookbinder. | Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens. | Bookbinding -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Chromolithographs -- 1862.
Contributors:
Jones, Owen, 1809–1874.