LC control no. | n 81144054 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Ashendene Press |
Variant(s) | Officina privata di Ashendene Prelum Ashendenianum Stamperia Ashendeniana Stamperia di Ashendene |
See also | Founder: Hornby, Charles Harry St. John, 1867-1946 |
Beginning date | 1894 |
Ending date | 1920 |
Located | Chelsea (London, England) |
Field of activity | Fine books Letterpress printing |
Found in | Un mazzetto scelto di certi Fioretti del glorioso poverello di Cristo San Francesco di Assisi insiemo col Cantico al sole del medesimo, 1904: colophon (Stamperia di Ashendene, a Shelley House, Chelsea) I fioretti del glorioso poverello di Christo S. Francesco di Assisi, 1922: colophon (Officina privata di Ashendene) Il libro di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio, cittadino fiorentino, chiamato il Decameron, 1920: imprint on t.p. (Nella stamperia Ashendeniana) Publii Vergilii Maronis Opera, 1910: t.p. imprint (Apud Prelum Ashendenianum) Information from 678 converted Dec. 15, 2014 (Established by C.H. St. J. Hornby 1894 at Ashendene, Hertfordshire; 1899 moved to Shelley House, Chelsea, London.) Wikipedia, 9 September 2016 (Ashendene Press; small private press founded by St John Hornby (1867-1946). It operated from 1895 to 1915 in Chelsea, and was revived after the war in 1920. The press closed in 1935) |