Formal designs from ten Shakespeare sonnets / by Marjory Bates Pratt.
1940
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Title
Formal designs from ten Shakespeare sonnets / by Marjory Bates Pratt.
Published
Brooklyn, New York : The Comet Press, Inc., 1940.
Printed
Brooklyn, New York : Printed and bound by The Comet Press, Inc.
Copyright
©1940
Description
23 unnumbered leaves (including 10 leaves of plates) : illustrations ; 15 cm
Associated name
Pratt, Marjory Bates, artist.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets.
Comet Press, publisher, printer.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Sonnets.
Comet Press, publisher, printer.
Note
Sonnets and corresponding designs on opposite pages.
"The designs in this book were constructed by means of a method intended to represent visually the basic sound-patterns of poetry. The method is my own but the shapes taken by the individual designs were determined wholly by the phonetic structure of the sonnets themselves. The designs therefore have a purely formal character."-Second leaf.
"This book has been set on the linotype in Egmont italic. The Roman numerals are Egmont capitals. The pages are printed in gray ink on Warren's Olde Style white laid paper. It is bound in Zeppelin cloth, with endpapers of Ticonderoga Text. The entire edition of 500 copies has been printed and bound by The Comet Press, Inc., Brooklyn, New York. Format by Melanie Thompson. This is copy No...."--Colophon.
"The designs in this book were constructed by means of a method intended to represent visually the basic sound-patterns of poetry. The method is my own but the shapes taken by the individual designs were determined wholly by the phonetic structure of the sonnets themselves. The designs therefore have a purely formal character."-Second leaf.
"This book has been set on the linotype in Egmont italic. The Roman numerals are Egmont capitals. The pages are printed in gray ink on Warren's Olde Style white laid paper. It is bound in Zeppelin cloth, with endpapers of Ticonderoga Text. The entire edition of 500 copies has been printed and bound by The Comet Press, Inc., Brooklyn, New York. Format by Melanie Thompson. This is copy No...."--Colophon.
Linked resources
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library Sh.Misc. 1128: "Formal designs", The Collation (2 February 2016)
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
Item Details
Call number
Sh.Misc. 1128
Folger-specific note
Publisher's cloth cover, stamped in white. Copy no. 103 of 500. Manuscript note inside front cover: Review Copy.
Folger accession
F 6.17.43