Francis Meynell Collection

Chemist Shop at Night, 1938, (1946). Artist: Eric Ravilious
Chemist Shop at Night, 1938, (1946). Coloured Lithograph originally for, High Street by Eric Ravilious published 1938. From English Printed Books, by Francis Meynell. [Collins, London, 1946]

The Painter as Illustrator, 1932, (1946). Artist: Paul Nash
The Painter as Illustrator, 1932, (1946). Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial, or, a Discourse of the Sepulchral Urns lately found in Norfolk, is a work by Thomas Browne (1605-1682)

A Concise Encyclopaedia of Gastronomy, Section II, Fish, 1940, (1946). Creator: Unknown
A Concise Encyclopaedia of Gastronomy, Section II, Fish, 1940, (1946). Cover Design for the Curwen Press : page of text with illustration of cutlery and grapevine

Man and woman, 1937, (1946). Creator: M. R. H. Farrar
Man and woman, 1937, (1946). A Modern Techique : linocut illustration of a man and woman in 17th-century dress, from " The Mask of Comus" (A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634)

The Beggar, 1913, (1946). Creator: Unknown
The Beggar, 1913, (1946). A Second Revival of the " Chap-Book" Style : illustration by C. Lovat Fraser to a poem, from " Poems" by Ralph Hodgson

The Barmaid, 1888, (1946). Creator: William Nicholson
The Barmaid, 1888, (1946). The Painter as Illustrator. Illustration from W. Henleys " London Types", 1888. Published in " English Printed Books", by Francis Meynell

Frontispiece to Poems by Lionel Johnson, 1895, (1946). Creator: Unknown
Frontispiece to " Poems" by Lionel Johnson, 1895, (1946). The Printing Revival of the Eighteen-Nineties. Lettering and image of a bishop with initials WW, (possibly William de Wykeham)

The Pilgrimage of Perfection, 1531, (1946). Artist: Wynkyn de Worde
The Pilgrimage of Perfection, 1531, (1946). Wynkyn de Worde, a printer and publisher in London is recognized as the first to popularise the products of the printing press in England

King Henry VI. Act 1. Scene 1, c1723, (1946). King Henry VI. Act 1. Scene 1 by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Jacob Tonson (1655-1736)

Shakespeares First Published Work - 1st Edition of Venus and Adonis, 1593, (1946). Venus and Adonis is a poem by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), written between 1592

From the Days of Great Dedications - John Foxs Book of Martyrs, 1563, (1946). John Foxes (1516-1587) Book of Martyrs, is a Protestant history and martyrology

The Strange Adventures of a Dog-Cart, 1888, (1946). Artist: Randolph Caldecott
The Strange Adventures of a Dog-Cart, 1888, (1946). Originally printed in Last Graphic Pictures. From English Printed Books, by Francis Meynell. [Collins, London, 1946]

The First Revival of the Chap-Book Style, 1885, (1946). Artist: Joseph Crawhall
The First Revival of the Chap-Book Style, 1885, (1946). Izaak Walton : His Wallet Bookeby Izaak Walton (1593-1683) published by Leadenhall Press in 1885

Johns Baskervilles Virgil, 1757, (1946). Artist: John Baskerville
Johns Baskervilles Virgil, 1757, (1946). Types designed by John Baskerville (1706-1775) showing his characteristic spacing 11 9/16 X 8 11/18. From English Printed Books, by Francis Meynell

Anecdotes of Painting in England, c1762, (1946). Artist: Horace Walpole
Anecdotes of Painting in England, c1762, (1946). The First History of English Art published by the Strawberry Hill Press between 1762 and 1780

The Pitt Press, Cambridge, c1835, (1946). Artist: George Belton Moore
The Pitt Press, Cambridge, c1835, (1946). From English Printed Books, by Francis Meynell. [Collins, London, 1946]

Kate Greenaways Marigold Garden, 1885, (1946). Artist: Catherine Greenaway
Kate Greenaways Marigold Garden, 1885, (1946). Marigold Garden: Pictures And Rhymes, 1885, contains nursery rhymes and illustrated tales by Catherine Greenaway (1846-1901)

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