A round of days described in original poems / by some of our most celebrated poets, and in pictures by eminent artists engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Published / Created:
London : George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, MDCCCLXVI [1866]
Physical Description:
[6], 93, [1] leaves : ill. ; 26 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR1173 .R68 1866Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:6256531
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Poems and pictures representing every day scenes"--Preface.On verso of t.-p.: Dalziels' gift book, 1866.Leaves printed on recto only.Title in gilt on upper board: A round of days illustrated. Dalziel's fine-art gift book.T.p. printed in black and red.With a preliminary half-title leaf which reads: A round of days.Illustrations by Dalziel brothers after; Arthur Boyd Houghton, John William North, Frederick Walker, George John Pinwell, Warwick Brookes, William Paton Burton, Alfred Walter Bayes, Thomas Morten, Paul Gray, J. D. Watson, Thomas Dalziel.Publisher's advertisements, leaf [94].McLean, R. Victorian publishers' book-binding in cloth and leather, p. 130BAC: British Art Center copy bound in gilt-, red- and dark blue stamped brown coarse cloth over bevelled boards. Ornate design and lettering in gilt on upper and lower boards. Banded spine gilt in compartments; edges gilt. Binding signed JL [John Leighton]. Inscribed: James Caw.
Exhibition History:
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
Subject Terms:
English poetry -- 19th century. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | George Routledge & Sons -- Publisher. | Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance. | Leighton, John -- Bookbinding designer. | Caw, James -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Gift books -- 1866. | Wood engravings -- 1866.
Contributors:
Dalziel, George, 1815–1902, engraver. | Dalziel, Edward, 1817–1905, engraver. | North, John William, 1842–1924, ill. | Walker, Frederick, 1840–1875, ill. | Pinwell, George John, 1842–1875, ill. | Brookes, Warwick, ill. | Houghton, Arthur Boyd, 1836–1875, ill. | Burton, William Paton, 1828–1883, ill. | Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832–1909, ill. | Morten, Thomas, 1836–1866, ill. | Gray, Paul Mary, 1842–1866, ill. | Watson, John Dawson, 1832–1892, ill. | Dalziel, Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus, 1823–1906, ill. | Dalziel Brothers, engraver.
