In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1900 Back matter: “Seen through the press by C.J. Holmes and decorated with border designed by C.S. Ricketts and engraved by C.E. Keates printed at the Ballantyne Press London M.C.M. Hacon and Ricketts.”
Empedocles on Etna, Matthew Arnold, 1896. “The engraved decorations are by Charles Ricketts under whose supervision the book has been printed at the Ballantyne Press. Sold by Messrs. Hacon & Ricketts at the Sign of the Dial, LII Warwick Street, near Regent Street, W. LONDON MDCCCXCVI” From Bibliography: “With border designed and cut on the […]
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, December 1499 Title: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Author: Francesco Colonna (Italian, ca. 1453–1517) Publisher: Aldo Manuzio (Italian, 1449/50–1515) Designer: Design of woodcuts attributed to Benedetto Bordone (Italian, Padua ca. 1455/60–1530 Padua, active mainly Venice from 1488) Binder: Copy of so-called Canevari binding Published in: Venice Date: December 1499 Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations Dimensions: 11 5/8 × 8 11/16 × 1 9/16 in. […]
The 1890s project at 1890s.ca. Magazines The Yellow Nineties 2.0 magazine rack features searchable digital editions of eight late-Victorian little magazines in the context of their production and reception between 1889, when the first issue of The Dial appeared, and 1905, when the last volume of The Venture was published. The magazines are available in a number of formats. Each volume may […]
[The New Volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica constituting in combination with the existing volume of the ninth edition The Tenth Edition of that work, and also supplying a new, distinctive, and independent Library of Reference dealing with recent events and developments. The second of the new volumes, being Volume XXVI of the complete work.(Edinburgh & […]
A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, 1898. A note by William Morris on his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press : together with a short description of the press / by S.C. Cockerell, & an annotated list of the books printed thereat. Frontispiece by Edward Burne-Jones. “This was […]
A Bibliography of the Books Issued by Hacon & Ricketts, 1904. Dedication: “To W.L. Hacon.” [London] : The book has been printed by the Ballantyne Press, under the supervision of C. Ricketts, who is the designer of the three founts and the decoration. “Small quarto. Printed in red and black. With a frontispiece engraved by […]
A Defence of the Revival of Printing by Charles Ricketts, 1899. From the Vale bibliography: “With woodcut by him and border (used first in ‘Epicurus, Leontion and Ternissa’) and a new firm mark designed and engraved by Charles Ricketts. Crown octavo. Two hundred and fifty copies printed at six shillings. Ten on vellum.” [Colophon: Printed […]
Below is a set of resources for Special Collections Librarians to consult in order to enhance Anti-Racist practices in their work. Princeton University Library. “Princeton University Library hosts remote archival program for HBCU students and looks critically at issues of race and representation in the archives.” https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2020-08-28/princeton-university-library-hosts-remote-archival-program-hbcu-students-and T-Kay Sangwand. “Black Excellence in LIS Syllabus.” http://bit.ly/blacklis […]
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