Lot 173
Vale Press.- Longus. Daphnis and Chloe, one of 210 copies, The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893.
Estimate: £800 - 1,200
Description
Vale Press.- Longus. Daphnis and Chloe, one of 210 copies, Old-Style type, wood-engraved illustrations by Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts, decorative initials, some light offsetting, a few spots, original green cloth, a little marked and soiled, spine darkened and slightly rubbed at ends, uncut, [Watry A6], 4to, [The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane], 1893.
⁂ Although not strictly a Vale Press item, like the five issues of The Dial and Hero and Leander of 1894 (see next lot), it anticipates the press. The first true Vale Press publication was Milton's Early Poems issued in 1896.
Description
Vale Press.- Longus. Daphnis and Chloe, one of 210 copies, Old-Style type, wood-engraved illustrations by Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts, decorative initials, some light offsetting, a few spots, original green cloth, a little marked and soiled, spine darkened and slightly rubbed at ends, uncut, [Watry A6], 4to, [The Vale for Elkin Mathews and John Lane], 1893.
⁂ Although not strictly a Vale Press item, like the five issues of The Dial and Hero and Leander of 1894 (see next lot), it anticipates the press. The first true Vale Press publication was Milton's Early Poems issued in 1896.
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