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Call Number:
MSS 17
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Brett, Simon, born 1943
Title(s):
The Folio Golden Treasury--The Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language. London: The Folio Society, 1997.
Date:
1997
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Publications Designed or Illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith
Part of Collection:
volume Moss no. 132
Provenance:
Gift of Roger W. Moss, 2011
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

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:
Typeset in Baskerville at The Folio Society and printed at St Edmundsbury Press on Balmoral Book Wove paper bound by Hunter & Foulis, Edinburgh. 'Illustrated with wood engravings by various artists selected by Simon Brett.' Included are engravings by Shirley Smith illustrating sections: 8, 169, 170, 171, 187, 205, 224 (three engravings), 291, 292, 294, 296, 298, 299, 300 (two engravings), 301 (two engravings), 302 (three engravings)––in all 22 engravings, many of which had previously been commissioned for Folio Society books. Bound in quarter leather with cloth sides over-printed with a design by Simon Brett contained in a slip case. 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/10440373">Yale University Library Catalog.</extref>
Physical Description:
Pp. [i-iv] v-xxxiv [1-6] 733 [734-736] ; 280 x 190 mm
Finding Aid Title:
Roger W. Moss Collection of Manuscript, Original Art and Printed Material by and about Richard Shirley Smith
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5884.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396084
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396084?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1