Lot 4
Ashendene Press.- [Longus.] Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe, one of 290, wood-engravings by Gwen Raverat, Ashendene Press, 1933.
Hammer Price: £600
Description
Ashendene Press.- [Longus.] Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe, translated by J.Amyot, edited by Paul-Louis Courier, one of 290 copies on paper, printed in red and black, initials and decorations supplied by hand in blue by Graily Hewitt and his assistants, wood-engraved illustrations by Gwen Raverat, some full-page, original vellum-backed pictorial turquoise boards, gilt, spine gilt, vellum tips, uncut, board slip-case (a little rubbed), [Hornby 39], 4to, Ashendene Press, 1933.
Description
Ashendene Press.- [Longus.] Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe, translated by J.Amyot, edited by Paul-Louis Courier, one of 290 copies on paper, printed in red and black, initials and decorations supplied by hand in blue by Graily Hewitt and his assistants, wood-engraved illustrations by Gwen Raverat, some full-page, original vellum-backed pictorial turquoise boards, gilt, spine gilt, vellum tips, uncut, board slip-case (a little rubbed), [Hornby 39], 4to, Ashendene Press, 1933.