Wood Engravings from the Fables of Esope.

(Gwasg Gregynog.) PARKER (Agnes Miller, Illustrator)

Wood Engravings from the Fables of Esope.

The Story of a Remarkable Book, by Ian Rogerson.

Description: 100/185 COPIES (from an edition of 200 copies) printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper, wood-engravings printed on Japanese Vellum paper, pp. 33, + 27 [plates], folio, original quarter mustard yellow cloth, the boards patterned with a wood-engraved design, backstrip lettered in black, edges untrimmed, matching cloth and board slipcase, fine

Publication Details: Newtown, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 1996

Notes: The original prospectus is laid in, both for this and the original 1932 edition, along with another piece of Gwasg Gregynog ephemera[With:] (Gwasg Gregynog.) PARKER (Agnes Miller, Illustrator) Wood Engravings from XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk-Tales. John Sampson and the Gypsies of Wales, by Ian Rogerson. Newtown, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 1996, 100/185 COPIES (of an edition of 200 copies) printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper, 17 wood-engravings printed from the original woodblocks on Japanese Gampi Vellum handmade paper, 8 from 'XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk-Tales' and 9 from 'The Fables of Esope', pp. 55 + 17 [Pl...moreThe original prospectus is laid in, both for this and the original 1932 edition, along with another piece of Gwasg Gregynog ephemera[With:] (Gwasg Gregynog.) PARKER (Agnes Miller, Illustrator) Wood Engravings from XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk-Tales. John Sampson and the Gypsies of Wales, by Ian Rogerson. Newtown, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 1996, 100/185 COPIES (of an edition of 200 copies) printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper, 17 wood-engravings printed from the original woodblocks on Japanese Gampi Vellum handmade paper, 8 from 'XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk-Tales' and 9 from 'The Fables of Esope', pp. 55 + 17 [Plates], folio, original quarter red cloth, the boards patterned with a wood-engraved design, backstrip lettered in black, edges untrimmed, matching cloth and board slipcase, original prospectus laid in, fine HIDE

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Price: £1,500

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 1996

Stock Number: 74610

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