Hewitt, Graily.

Original Blocks from The Faerie Queene, Disposed Into Twelve Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues, by Edmund Spenser.

Chelsea Ashendene Press 1923 Includes seven original printing blocks from what was Ashendene's onlyfolio of original English literature, the Press' other major English works being translations. The largest block is from the dedication page in honor of Queen Elizabeth, "the most mightie and magnificent empresse." Other blocks bear images from the story, including five images from the opening lines of five of the twelve books. The block from Book One is a pure metal slug not mounted on wood as the others are. The Ashendene Spenser was printed in two columns of Subiaco type on the largest Batchelor paper made at the time, with a new "knight in armor" watermark. The book took almost two years of the Press' time, from January 1922 to November 1923. Sydney Cockerell commented that the book was better off without illustrations, implying that the book's appeal lay in its typographical excellence. (Ashendene Bibliography XXXII; Franklin pp. 103, 143-144).

• USD 3,500.00 > Andere Währungen
• Bestellnummer: 20775

• Antiquariat: Bromer Booksellers Inc. (USA)