Boxed Sets

The following sets in The Bishop Collection were issued by Mosher in cabinet boxes covered with either Brocade paper or Italian hand-made papers. Many, but not all such boxed sets, were issued with a special printed label on the top of the cabinet box.

  1. VENETIAN SERIES (contains all seven volumes from this series; no label)
  2. OLD ENGLISH ROMANCES (William Morris-3 vols, Brocade Series)
  3. THREE STUDIES IN AESTHETIC PERSONALITY (Vernon Lee-3 vols, Brocade Series)
  4. FIVE IDYLES OF FIELD AND HEDGEROW (Richard Jefferies-5 vols, Brocade Series)
  5. ECLOGUES AND GEORGICS OF VIRGIL (3 vols, Miscellaneous Series, no label)
  6. PROSE POEMS BY FIONA MACLEOD (3 vols, Ideal Series)
  7. Boxed set of three titles: Child in the House (Pater), Pageant of Summer (Jefferies) and
    Story of Amis & Amile (Pater) with Thomas Bird Mosher’s compliments card (no label).
  8. Mixed set of six volumes from the Brocade Series (no label on box lid, in brocade paper covered box)
  9. THE DE GUERINS AND THE CENTAUR (3 vols, Brocade Series)
  10. COLLECTED POEMS BY W. E. HENLEY  ( 4 vols, Lyric Garland Series, in grey Fabriano paper covered slipcase with label)
  11. Mixed set of four volumes (2 Wilde, 2 Macleod) from the Brocade Series with no label on box lid, in brocade paper covered box.
  12. Four-volume set in slipcase box with label entitled: “Virginibus Puerieque | and | Other Papers | Stevenson” from the Vest Pocket Series.
  13. IMAGINARY PORTRAITS (Walter Pater-6 vols., Brocade Series)
  14. THREE IDYLS OF CHILDHOOD (John Brown-3 vols, Brocade Series)
  15. Another mixed set of six volumes from the Brocade Series (no label on box lid, in brocade paper covered box)