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Lane, 1893.\r\nPhysical Description: xxxviii pages ; 21 cm Language: English Staff View:  MARC Record  OCLC Number: 5740641 Contents: Poems.\r\nSubjects: English poetry 19th century. \r\nEnglish poetry. \r\nPoems. \r\nPoems England 1893. \r\n1800-1899 \r\nGenre: Poems. \r\nBindings. \r\nPoems \r\nBindings \r\nNotes: Decadent poems. \r\nGilt design by Charles Ricketts to front and rear covers. \r\nIn its unusual format, designed and decorated by Charles Ricketts, the gold flame motif on the green cover of the narrow, slender volume has symbolic significance, as G. A. Cevasco writes: \"The green and gold have special meaning, for in virtually each poem of the twenty-nine making up the volume, there is some allusion to nature or plants; but as though to imply the superiority of art over nature, the gold pattern dominates the green colour\". The text printed in italics with extremely wide margins contains some of the most notable Decadent poems of the 1890s, such as \"The Barber\" and \"Mishka\" . \r\nLimited edition of 250 copies. \r\nNational Art Library copy is no. 185. \r\nQuintessential highpoint of British 1890s bookmaking. \r\nTall slender octavo. Green cloth stamped in gilt on both covers with the title in the upper left-hand corner and an overall pattern of wavy water lines and willow leaves by Charles Ricketts. In a felt-lined, gilt-stamped clamshell case of tan cloth over. Designed in the shape of Persian saddle books by Charles Ricketts, R.A. \r\n","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"","categories":[{"text":"National Art Library","id":"THES271541"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"},{"text":"Books","id":"THES48986"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"NAL","id":"THES48605"},"images":["2006BK2899"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"122C","id":"THES49223"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"","box":"5"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"book","id":"AAT28051"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[],"productionDates":[],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Silverpoints by John Gray, Charles. Ricketts (Book designer.), Elkin Mathews and John Lane (Publisher.) 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The pattern was much admired and imitated in books, wallpapers and dress fabrics.                                                                                                                         \n\nCase bound in green cloth, with gilt decoration                                             \nWritten by John Gray (born in London, 1866, died in Edinburgh, 1934); cover designed by Charles Ricketts (born in Geneva, 1866, died in London, 1931)                                                                                                            Published by Elkin Matthews & John Lane, at the sign of the Bodley Head, London                                                                                                                             \nGiven by W.J.E. 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