Shakespeare's household words
Subtitle: a selection from the wise saws of the immortal bard
By: illuminated by Saml. Stanesby
Contributors: Stanesby, Samuel; Sutro, Alfred, 1863-1933, former owner
Publisher: Griffith & Farran
Published: 1859
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Quotations; Coloring-printing; Specimens; Chromolithography
Other titles: Household words
Notes: "Printed in colors by Ashbee & Dangerfield"--Title page verso.

Published in 1859. Cf. McLean.

Publisher's red cloth binding elaborately stamped in teal, white, and gilt to both boards, beveled edges, spine stamped in gilt, teal-coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Original albumen print of Shakespeare's bust mounted on chromolithographic frontispiece, title page and text fully lithographed on both sides in green, blue, red, cream, and gold, decorative borders, illuminated letters, text interleaved with blank pages.

Rare Book copy: In publisher's decorative cloth binding.

Rare Book copy: Shelved with illuminated copy of the same work.

Rare Book copy: From the library of Alfred Sutro (1863-1933), with his bookplate.

McLean, R. Victorian book design (1972 ed.), p. 134