A florilege: chosen from the old Herbals / by Irene Gosse; and illustrated with twenty wood engravings by Gertrude Hermes

Irene Gosse

RA Collection: Book

Record number

10/4795

Author

Edition

1st edition

Imprint

Chelsea: The Swan Press, 1931

Physical Description

48 p. : ill. ; 34 cm.

General Note

“Printed at the Swan Press, Chelsea in Baskerville type on hand-made paper. The type was set by L. D’O. Walters and M.H.H. Walters and the press work done by H. Gage-Cole.” [Colophon].

Provenance

The front pastedown carries the plate "In Memory of Michael Heriot Huth Walters for his friend Anthony Wagner"

Copy Note

Copy number 63 of an edition of 150.

Binding Note

Half-bound in cream leather; green cloth covers. Spine lettered in gilt: "A FLORILEGE"

Subject

Illustrated books
Wood-engravings

Contributors

Gertrude Hermes RA, illustrator
Lettice D'Oyly Walters, letterpress printer
Michael Heriot Huth Walters, dedicatee
The Swan Press, publisher