Mabinogion.

(Golden Cockerel Press.) JONES (Gwyn and Thomas, translators)

Mabinogion.

A New Translation from the White Book of Rhydderch and the Red Book of Hergest... with illustrations by Dorothea Braby.

Description: 50/75 COPIES (from an overall edition of 550) specially bound by Sangorski & Sutfliffe, and signed by the artist and translators, printed on mould-made paper by The Chiswick Press, title printed in orange and black, 20 full-page scraper-board engravings by Dorothea Braby, initial leaves with two tiny faint spots, pp.[i], 266, [i], folio, original orange Cape morocco, signed S&S on upper board lower turn-in, boards with repeated elaborate gilt-blocked design by Braby, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering and gilt cockerel insignia, boards with a few faint marks, top edge gilt, untrimmed fore-edge with a couple of spots, blue buckram slipcase, very good

Publication Details: 1948

Notes: A magnificent production, immediately hailed by Welsh scholars, book design critics and the general reading public alike as a great success, Braby's intricate, mysterious illustrations, re-produced from photographic blocks made from the original scraper-board designs, perfectly mirroring the tone of the text. [With:] From Reviews of two recent Golden Cockerel Press books: The Mabinogion; Endymion, [1949], pp. [ii], broadsheet with John Buckland-Wright cockerel engraving, "'Merely to look at this sumptuous book, outside or within, in these exigent times brings the delightful surprise that the ...moreA magnificent production, immediately hailed by Welsh scholars, book design critics and the general reading public alike as a great success, Braby's intricate, mysterious illustrations, re-produced from photographic blocks made from the original scraper-board designs, perfectly mirroring the tone of the text. [With:] From Reviews of two recent Golden Cockerel Press books: The Mabinogion; Endymion, [1949], pp. [ii], broadsheet with John Buckland-Wright cockerel engraving, "'Merely to look at this sumptuous book, outside or within, in these exigent times brings the delightful surprise that the sudden blossoming of a rosebush would give in the chilling days of December... flowers of refinement and enchantment amidst the nettles of barbarism.' The Times Literary Supplement" HIDE

Bibliography: (Cockalorum 176; Cock-a-Hoop LXXXII))

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Price: £3,000

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 1948

Stock Number: 74598

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