Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680
Title:
Perfect and imperfect enjoyments : poems / by John Wilmot Earl of Rochester ; with an introduction by Christopher Hibbert ; and illustrated with paintings by Richard Shirley Smith.
Alternate Title(s):
Poems. Selections
Published / Created:
London : Folio Press, 1992.
Physical Description:
109, [3] p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View finding aid for the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ycba.mss.0017
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Eight leaves of two-color lithographed plates [facing pp. 3, 19, 30, 52, 70, 89, 95 and 96]. Typeset in monotype Garamond. Printed on white Magnani mould-made paper by Stamperia Valdonega, Verona, Italy, photolithographic plates printed at the Senecio Press, Charlbury, Oxfordshire. Five hundred numbered copies printed of which 450 copies are quarter bound in Oasis morocco and 50 special copies are bound in full vellum with a separate portfolio of illustrations. In addition to the 500 numbered copies, 40 additional lettered copies (35 standards and five specials) were printed and bound for private distribution by the Society."--Moss.
Subject Terms:
English poetry.
Form/Genre:
Poetry. | Prospectuses.
Contributors:
Shirley Smith, Richard, ill. | Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008. | Moss, Roger W., 1940- former owner.