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The love-lyrics & songs of Proteus, by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, with the Love-sonnets of Proteus by the same author, now reprinted in their full text with many sonnets omitted from the earlier editions
The love-lyrics & songs of Proteus, by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, with the Love-sonnets of Proteus by the same author, now reprinted in their full text with many sonnets omitted from the earlier editions
TitleThe love-lyrics & songs of Proteus, by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, with the Love-sonnets of Proteus by the same author, now reprinted in their full text with many sonnets omitted from the earlier editions
Detail DepictedPrinting -- Decorative elements -- Initials (Page 104)
Printing -- Materials -- Colors (Page 104)
Creator/AuthorWilfrid Scawen Blunt [Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 1840-1922]
PublisherKelmscott Press
Place of PublicationHammersmith [England--London]
Date of PublicationMDCCCXCII [1892]
Genre HeadingPrinted books--1801-1900 (19th century)
Bibliographic Elementsvii, 251 p. 21 cm (4to)
Printing MethodLetterpress on handmade laid paper
PrinterKelmscott Press
Image Production ProcessWoodcuts
BindingBound in stiff vellum with green silk ties as issued.
General NotesSignatures: [pi][superscript 2] [a][superscript 4] b-q[superscript 8] r[superscript 6] [$4 (-a1, 2, 3, 4, b1, r4) signed]; 132 leaves, pp. [4] i-vii [viii] [1] 2-251 [252].
Golden type.
Stamped in gold on spine in Golden type: THE LOVE LYRICS AND SONGS OF PROTEUS BY W.S. BLUNT 1892
Border I; six- and 10-line initials; shoulder titles, initials, stanza and sonnet numbers, and some lines in red.
Colophon: HERE end the Love-Lyrics and Songs of Proteus, Written by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt; with the Love-Sonnets of Proteus by the same Author. Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex, and finished on the 26th day of January of the year 1892. Sold by Reeves & Turner, 196 Strand, London. [printer's mark I]
300 paper copies; no vellum copies.
Flower(1) watermarks.
Previous OwnersBookplate of Walter Rippmann
ReferencesPeterson A3
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionHistorical Book Arts Collection
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionSpecial Collections
Call NumberSpecColl Rare Books 821 B628Lo
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned in RGB color using an Olympus C-2000 Zoom digital camera and saved in.jpg format and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2003
Restrictions/CopyrightSome of our items are fragile and may require an appointment for use. Please contact Special Collections.
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