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Call Number:
MSS 17
Creator:
Thacker, Christopher
Title(s):
Building Towers, Forming Gardens: Landscaping by Hamilton, Hoare and Beckford. London: St. Barnabas Press, 2002.
Date:
2002
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Publications Designed or Illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith
Part of Collection:
volume Moss no. 139
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:
First edition. Designed by Humphrey Stone and printed by BAS Printers, Ltd., Over Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire. Limited edition of 150 copies of which this is no. 71 signed on the half title page by Richard Shirley Smith. A set of the four engravings [1989; Bain nos. 285-288] signed and numbered 71/150 contained in a chemise. Color reproductions of four commissioned illustrations by Shirley Smith tipped in. Endpapers reproduce the 1823 map of the Fonthill estate. Bound in patterned yellow book cloth designed by Shirley Smith. Ian Bain lists this book as Enchanting Paths to Paradise, c. 1989. The title was changed prior to publication in 2002. The four engravings for this project were the last wood engravings executed by Shirley Smith. 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/6147290">Yale University Library Catalog.</extref>
Physical Description:
Pp. [1-6] 7-126 [127-128] ; 264 x 195 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/2396091
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396091?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1