Lot 194
Gregynog Press.- Joinville (Jean de) The History of Saint Louis, one of 200 copies, original brown morocco, gilt, 1937
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Gregynog Press.- Joinville (Jean, Sieur de, Seneschal de Champagne) The History of Saint Louis, translated by Joan Evans, number 82 of 200 copies on handmade paper, initials designed by Alfred Fairbank and printed in red and blue, 17 hand-coloured wood-engraved coats-of-arms by Reynolds Stone, 2 maps, genealogical tables, neat ink inscription to front free endpaper, original brown morocco with arms of St.Louis in gilt on upper cover, by the Gregynog Press Bindery, spine titled in gilt with five raised bands, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly rubbed and faded, a few faint marks to covers, [Harrop 37], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1937.
⁂ One of the most handsome books produced by the press.
Description
Gregynog Press.- Joinville (Jean, Sieur de, Seneschal de Champagne) The History of Saint Louis, translated by Joan Evans, number 82 of 200 copies on handmade paper, initials designed by Alfred Fairbank and printed in red and blue, 17 hand-coloured wood-engraved coats-of-arms by Reynolds Stone, 2 maps, genealogical tables, neat ink inscription to front free endpaper, original brown morocco with arms of St.Louis in gilt on upper cover, by the Gregynog Press Bindery, spine titled in gilt with five raised bands, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly rubbed and faded, a few faint marks to covers, [Harrop 37], folio, Newtown, Gregynog Press, 1937.
⁂ One of the most handsome books produced by the press.
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