Shirley Smith, Richard, In Praise of Erasmus, 1977
- Call Number:
- MSS 17
- Creator:
- Shirley Smith, Richard
- Title(s):
- In Praise of Erasmus.
- Date:
- 1977
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Publications Designed or Illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith
- Part of Collection:
- volume Moss no. 99
- Provenance:
- Gift of Roger W. Moss, 2011
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- A keepsake illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith and printed at the Libanus Press, Hermitage, Berkshire. Quarto single sheet (302 x 211 mm). Colophon on verso reads: 'This broadside was printed at the Libanus Press, Hermitage, Berkshire, in November 1977, and is limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the engraver. This is No. 88.' The text is handset in 18- point Perpetua type, printed on dampened Amalfi white laid paper on the artist's Albion handpress of 1860. Wood-engraved portrait of Erasmus [1965; Bain no. 82] above two paragraphs from In Praise of Folly (1508) with Shirley Smith's engraved 'cone ribbons' logo for Libanus Press [Bain no. 235] on verso. In original Libanus Press envelope. This keepsake marks the beginning of Richard Shirley Smith's long and fruitful association with Libanus Press. Michael Mitchell has been an important friend and collaborator over several decades. He exhibited Shirley Smith's work at his Katharine House Gallery, commissioned and published many of his illustrations and engravings, and expertly printed many of his books and bookplates. A record for this item is also available in the <extref xlink:type="simple" xlink:actuate="onRequest" xlink:show="new" xlink:href="http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/10445144">Yale University Library Catalog.</extref>
- Physical Description:
- 302 x 211 mm
- Finding Aid Title:
- Roger W. Moss Collection of Manuscript, Original Art and Printed Material by and about Richard Shirley Smith
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396049
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396049?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1