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Caelica
by [Gregynog Press]. GREVILLE, Fulke, Lord Brooke
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Newtown: The Gregynog Press, 1936. Hardcover. Fine. Newtown, The Gregynog Press, 1936 (first thus)/ 1633. Octavo, xiv, 150, [1] (colophon) pages, printed in red and black on unbleached Arnold hand-made paper. Original half green Oasis morocco and striped papered boards, lettered in gilt and ruled in gilt and blind; endpapers and adjacent leaves a little browned from the leather turn-ins; a few tiny spots; a fine copy. Number 109 of 225 copies, printed 'under the direction of James Wardrop, at the Gregynog Press, Newtown, Montgomeryshire; finished the twenty-second day of October, 1936' (colophon).
'[Greville's] "Caelica" (published 1633) begins as a conventional sonnet sequence but gradually abandons Neoplatonism for pessimistic reflections on religion and politics' ('Encyclopaedia Britannica'). This edition is edited by Una Ellis-Fermor.
'The Gregynog Press, Montgomeryshire, was one of many artistic activities due to the enlightened philanthropy of two sisters, Miss Gwendoline Davies, C.H., and Miss Margaret Davies, LL.D.. The standard of craftsmanship which was quickly achieved made it comparable with leading private presses in England and Germany' (Jones: 'The Gregynog Press', 1954; see page 36 for details of the present title). The original prospectus is loosely inserted.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123846
- Title
- Caelica
- Author
- [Gregynog Press]. GREVILLE, Fulke, Lord Brooke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Gregynog Press
- Place of Publication
- Newtown
- Date Published
- 1936
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Glossary
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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