Stainforth francis john bookplate (1 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. FIRST EDITION (four volumes). 8vos, pp. [iv], 408; [iv], 412; [iv], 408; [iv], 400 + 18 engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, five raised spine bands, decorated in blind and gilt, incl. gilt stamped volume numbers, black morroco spine labels, lettered in gilt, marbled sides. Brown endpapers. Rubbed and scuffed, strips of leather and cloth missing, wear and bruising to corners, repairs to heads of vols. I & II, hinges cracked, but holding. Gently toned, Stainforth bookplate to each ffep, 'JPG' stamped in black to recto of each first blank, 'E.43' inscribed in brown ink to either title page or recto of second blanks. Minor offsetting from plates, occasional marks, incl. grubby fingermarks, and fox spots, incl. to some plates, else, clean and bright. Very good A grand association set of the first edition of Louisa Stuart Costello's Memoirs of Eminent Englishwomen (1844), from the library of Francis John Stainforth, the Anglican clergyman who "owned the largest private library of Anglophone women's writing collected during the mid-nineteenth century," and the focus of the The Stainforth Library of Women's Writing project, which "draws attention to the near disappearance of a richly diverse and populous women's book history and literary history" (Leuner & Hollis). Francis John Stainforth (1797-1866) was a British Anglican curate and a prolific collector, of stamps and shells, as well as books. His manuscript library catalogue (held in Special Collections at University Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder (CUB) and now digitised) "lists 7,122 editions (over 8,000 volumes) authored and edited by more than 2,800 writers, nearly all of whom are women who have been left out of literary and book histories" (Leuner & Hollis). Stainforth's collection featured works by women writers from Britain, America, Australia, Canada, and Asia published between 1546 and 1866: according to his catalogue, he had sought to collect a copy of every edition of every title by women poets, dramatists, and nonfiction writers before his death in 1866. Following his death, his collection was auctioned by Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge. Kirstyn Leuner & Deborah Hollis (eds.) 'The Stainforth Library of Women's Writing' website. Half leather, marbled paper boards. …