‘A finely printed book is the frame, not the picture, the author is the primary artist; the maker of the book follows after him, and is chiefly concerned in giving a good setting to a piece of literature which he respects and wishes to see properly preserved.’ [Bruce Rogers, American typographer].
Printed from the Veronese edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin verses and the Italian version by Accio Zucco, with the woodcuts newly engraved and coloured after a copy in the British Museum. Epilogue [in English] by Giovanni Mardersteig]. Volume I: Pp. 278+[2](blank, colophon), 68 pochoir woodcuts attributed to Liberale da Verona..... More
Illustrated and decorated by Alastair. Pp. 36, frontispiece and 10 plates with lettered tissue guards, plus 2 extra folding plates functioning as free endpapers, 13 large decorative initials, all printed in teal & black, as is the title page; med. 4to; white buckram, spine lettered in gilt, the upper board..... More
Engravings by Clifford Webb. Pp. 252+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, 7 full page illustrations, pictorial tailpiece, 3 full page maps; impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half brown morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, the top fore-corners slightly bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; binder's..... More
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Pp. 56(last blank)+[2](colophon), printed in red, blue & black, 3 coloured text decorations (including a large initial), 2 full page tinted drawings of an inscription by Felice Feliciano; roy. 8vo; qr. vellum, blue patterned papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; t.e.g., others uncut; within a blue card slipcase, edges and..... More
Pp. 58, illustrated throughout; narrow super roy. 4to; beige papered boards, lettered and decorated in grey; uncut; within tan cloth portfolio; occasional light foxing; Old Stile Press, Llandogo, Gwent, Wales, 1998. Edition limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. *The Affectionate Shepheard was originally published anonymously in..... More
Pp. 26(last blank), frontispiece, plus pictorial headpiece and tailpiece; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial white papered boards, upper board lettered and decorated in black, lightly foxed (heavier on lower board), the edges slightly rubbed and top fore-corners lightly bruised, tiny chip to bottom edge of upper board; uncut; book label of..... More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. [22](last colophon), comprising coloured frontispiece and facsimile title page, 4 tinted facsimile text pages (the last of which includes a coloured tailpiece illustration), one black & white plate and 8 pages of editorial matter, including Commentary and Bibliographical History by Geoffrey Keynes; wide demy 4to; qr. navy..... More
[Facsimile edition]. In two different sized volumes, comprising: [Series a]: coloured frontispiece, black & white pictorial title page, and 7 coloured plates, plus 25 collotype states of all the plates, 7 colour progressive states of the frontispiece, plus a mounted guide sheet, and stencil at the end, no text; [Series..... More
Designed by Mike Hudson. Long single sheet printed in a variety of colours on one side only and folded concertina-style to form 25 pages, illustrated with relief printed collographs and monoprints which have been further illuminated by painting directly on individual pages; med. folio; within a pictorial cream cloth box..... More
Illustrated by Roderick Shaw. Pp. [vi]+34(last blank)+[2](colophon, printed in red, the verso blank), hand-coloured frontispiece, plus 7 full page linocuts printed in various single colours, and numerous line drawings, the title page printed in red & black; cr. 4to; bound by Leo Cullin in floral patterned linen with printed paper..... More
Pp. [72], printed in black and shades of yellow, pictorial double title page and endpapers, text decorations; med. 4to; pictorial cloth; within printed textured paper portfolio; The Wayzgoose Press, Katoomba, NSW, 1992. Edition limited to 55 numbered copies, signed by the author and publishers Mike Hudson and Jadwiga Jarvis; this..... More
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments . . . With introduction, explanatory notes on the manners and customs of moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Nights. Ten volumes, plus six volumes of SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS. With notes anthropological and explanatory. Together, 16..... More
What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, & several cures of it. . . . Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. In two volumes. Pp. xvi+300+[iv]+301-592(mostly printed double column, last blank), pictorial title page both volumes, frontispiece portrait Volume I, numerous text illustrations (a few full page), the..... More
Pp. [ii]+66+[2](colophon, blank), 4 wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, title page vignette; med. 8vo; qr. black morocco, spine lettered in gilt, cream cloth boards patterned in red, faintly browned, edges a trifle rubbed t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney at head and binder's stamp at foot of the..... More
With engravings by Robert Gibbings. Pp. [iv]+58+[2](blank, colophon), 4 wood-engravings, cockerel device at colophon; med. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, patterned papered boards, faintly foxed and browned, the fore-corners lightly worn, fore-edge of lower board slightly bruised and with small surface..... More
Edited & translated from the French and Latin by Theodore Besterman. Pp. 198(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), pictorial double title page with lettering and illustrations engraved on wood by Eric Gill, endpaper map, notes, bibliographical note; narrow roy. 4to; qr. red canvas, with gilt lettered black morocco title label and tiny..... More
or a history of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, afterwards called the Countess de Wintselheim in Germany, being the person known by the name of Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II. With an introduction by James Sutherland and woodcuts by Bernd Kroeber..... More
Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha. With an Introduction by Dr. Montague R. James, and colour plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint. Pp. xvi+48(last colophon, verso blank), hand-tipped coloured frontispiece and 3 plates, the title, headings and decorations printed in green; cr. 4to; cream papered boards, lettered..... More
Reprinted from the Revised Version of The Apocrypha. With an Introduction by Dr. Montague R. James, and colour plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint. Pp. xviii+50(last colophon, verso blank), with hand-tipped coloured frontispiece and 3 plates, the title, headings and decorations printed in green; cr. 4to; cream papered boards..... More
Translated out of the French by Sir John Bourchier Lord Berners. In eight volumes, totalling nearly 3,000 pages, each volume with hand coloured title and text decorations, including numerous small coats of arms in the margins (a few black & white), 6 hand-coloured maps, the text occasionally printed in red..... More
A modern commentary on the original 15th century ordinances established to regulate the Southwark brothels of the Bishops of Winchester. Edited and illustrated by Mike Hudson. Pp. [48](last colophon, verso blank), printed in red & black, with hand coloured pictorial title page, text illustrations and decorative initial, plus numerous smaller..... More
A play by Simon Gantillon. Paraphrased into English by Virginia & Frank Vernon. With XIII wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Pp. 96(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, 5 full page illustrations and 7 pictorial tailpieces; roy. 8vo; maize buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards slightly scuffed, edges and spine browned and..... More
With the preface by the author, an introduction for the modern reader by Jacques Barzun and hand-colored illustrations by Andre Dugo. Pp. xlvi+300+[2](colophon, verso blank), 10 plates and 9 text illustrations hand-coloured in the studio of Charlize Brakely, the half-title and title pages printed in blue & black; impl. 8vo;..... More
Pp. [vi]+18+[2](colophon, blank), 2 copper engraved plates, title page vignette; narrow post 8vo; red buckram, spine lettered in gilt, the cloth slightly faded, edges a trifle rubbed; uncut; dust wrapper, faintly marked, slightly creased and split at top edge, tiny faded spot to bottom edge of back panel, the backstrip..... More
[Text in Latin]. Pp. 32+[2](colophon, blank), text printed in red & black, 11 wood-engraved illustrations (7 full page), and 18 decorative initials by Eric Gill; narrow roy. 8vo; qr. vellum, spine lettered in gilt, buff papered boards with vellum corner tips; t.e.g., others uncut; plain dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges..... More
