Printed ephemera relating to A Vision of Giorgione, Poems of Thirty Years, Midsummer Eve, and The Riding to Lithend
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Contains cuttings relating to the new edition of A Vision of Giorgione (1922), and to the publication of Poems of Thirty Years (1925, 1927). Also contains material relating to performances of The Riding to Lithend and Midsummer Eve.
Contains copies of the Exeter City and East Devon edition of The Western Morning News, commemorating the 800th anniversary of Exeter Cathedral, for 26, 28, 29 and 30 June and 1 July 1933, with the colour supplement of 24 June.
Printed ephemera of Gordon Bottomley relating to illumination and calligraphy - postcard sets
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Contains postcard sets from the British Museum: reproductions from Cotton Domitian A XVII, Stowe 17, Add 18850, and Harley 4379, 4380, 4425, and 4431. Also contains reproductions from the Book of Kells and of manuscripts from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Contains pamphlets and programmes issued to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Exeter Cathedral, including the performance of Bottomley’s Acts of St Peter, as well as associated press cuttings, original artwork and photographs of the performances at Exeter, and afterwards at Westminster, Peterb...
Designs and illustrations, engraver’s proofs etc., with associated printed material, of James Joshua Guthrie for his own publishing house, along with other book illustration work, bookplates, etc, and other illustrative work by John Guthrie and Stuart Guthrie, and work by Daniel Phaër (a pseudony...