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Original vellum page from first volume of two volume "Men & Women" by Robert Browning. Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson & Emery Walker at The Doves Press from the first edition, 1855. Number of copies printed, paper: 250; vellum: 13. Compositor: J.H. Mason. Pressmen: H. Gage-Cole,...

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Main Author: Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 (Author)
Other Authors: Johnston, Edward, 1872-1944 (Illuminator), Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922 (Printer), Walker, Emery, 1851-1933 (Printer), Gage-Cole, Harry, 1877-1943 (pressman.), Lewis, Albert, active 1905-1917 (pressman.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Hammersmith, London] : [Doves Press], [1908]
Subjects:
Book ornamentation > England > Specimens.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, English > 20th century > Specimens.
Parchment > England > Specimens.
Poetry.
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Summary:Original vellum page from first volume of two volume "Men & Women" by Robert Browning. Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson & Emery Walker at The Doves Press from the first edition, 1855. Number of copies printed, paper: 250; vellum: 13. Compositor: J.H. Mason. Pressmen: H. Gage-Cole, and Albert Lewis.
Item Description:Printed in red and black, flourished in green and red by Edward Johnston.
Page 169 is last 4 verses of the poem "Two in the campagna"; page 170 is first 20 lines of "A grammarian's funeral".
Physical Description:pages 169-170 ; 24 cm
Related Items:The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.