Ode on the opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition
By: by Lord Tennyson, poet laureate, Tuesday, 4th May, 1886
Contributors: Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937; Richard Clay and Sons; Riviere & Son; Wise Forgeries Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: William Clowes and Sons; [Printed by Richard Clay for T.J. Wise]
Published: 1886
Place of publication: London; [i.e. London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Specimens; Forgeries; Literary forgeries and mystifications; Poetry; Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886 : London, England); Colonial and Indian Exhibition. fast (OCoLC)fst01408603
Notes: For discussion of this probable Wise forgery, cf. Wise, T.J. Tennyson, no. 155, Carter & Pollard, An enquiry, p. 342, and Barker & Collins, Sequel to An enquiry, p. 257-258.

One folded half-sheet of cream wove paper, no watermark.

Rare Book copy: Wise forgery, 14325957.

Todd, W.B. Handlist of Thomas J. Wise. (In Thomas J. Wise centenary studies, p. [80]-115), entry 402f

Carter, J. Enquiry into the nature of certain nineteenth century pamphlets, pages 342-343

Barker, N. Sequel to An enquiry into the nature of certain nineteenth century pamphlets, pages 257-258

Gift; Mr. & Mrs. Alfred C. & Madeleine Berol.

Rare Book copy: Unbound; housed in folder of red goatskin with gilt lettering on the upper cover; inner joints of red goatskin; turn-ins and inner joints gold-tooled with decorative rolls, fillets, and pin-dot rolls; signed "Bound by Riviere & Son" at tail end of upper turn-in.