Aphorisms of the wise & good /
illuminated by Samuel Stanesby.

Description

Related Names

Bessent, Thomas, printer.
Stanesby, Samuel, illustrator.

Language(s)

English

Published

[London] : Printed in colors by Thomas Bessent
London : Griffith & Farran, corner of St. Paul's Chruch, [1862]

Subjects

Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Conduct of life.
Illumination of books and manuscripts > Illumination of books and manuscripts / Specimens.
Conduct of life > Conduct of life / Quotations, maxims, etc.
Inscriptions (Provenance)
Collotypes (prints) > Collotypes (prints) / England > Collotypes (prints) / England / 19th century.
Chromolithographs > Chromolithographs / England > Chromolithographs / England / 19th century.
Specimens.
Quotations.
Sayings.

Note

Preliminary plate with full-page chromolithographed border around central mounted oval collotype showing an engraved portrait of John Milton. Plate is unsigned and without imprint.
Text printed with red rules and wide chromolithographed decorative borders and initials.
Chromolithographed decorative title page.
Date taken from British Library public catalogue.

Physical Description

28 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 15 cm

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