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The very rich hours of Le Boulvé / written and illustrated with twenty-six etchings and engravings on copper by Anthony Gross ; with a foreword by David Garnett

Author
Gross, Anthony, 1905-1984
Published
Cambridge, England : Printed and published by the Rampant Lions Press, 1980.
Physical Description
110 pages : illustrations ; 34 cm
Additional Creators
Carter, Will, 1912-2001, Carter, Sebastian, West, Mary, Zapf, Hermann, Gray, John P., Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Rampant Lions Press, Canson & Montgolfier, and Stellar Press

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Fine Printing Collection.
Note
Limited edition of 135 copies. Copies numbered 1-120: bound by John P. Gray in quarter brown morocco with buckram sides. Gilt top paper block edge. Copies numbered I-XV: bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full brown morocco with a blocked design by Anthony Gross, incl. an extra set of the engravings, each signed by Anthony Gross, and an original working drawing in a separate quarter morocco solander box. -- See p. 7 & Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge The Rampant Lions Press, p. 77, no. 83.
"The etchings were printed by Mary West [Gross' daughter] in the artist's' studio. The letterpress was printed by Will and Sebastian Carter on Arches vélin handmade paper. The text was edited by Sebastian Carter and set in 18 pt. Palatino"--Colophon.
Patterned paper designed by Anthony Gross and Will Carter, printed at the Stellar Press at Welham Green [Hatfield], was used as endpapers in all copies-- See colophon & Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge The Rampant Lions Press, p. 77, no. 83.
Half title and chapter numbering printed in brown ink.
In slipcase.
Rare Books Fine Printing copy: no. 115, signed by artist; in slipcase.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-110).
Source of Acquisition
Rare Books copy: Purchased from Anthony Garnett Fine Books; 2010.
Rare Books copy: Purchased with funds from the Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin Program Endowment for Rare Books and Manuscripts; 2009.
Reviewed/Cited In
Ashmolean Museum Anthony Gross : paintings, drawings, prints, p. 61, no. 128
Rigby, G. Anthony Gross, p. 19, no. 69
Herdman, Robin The Prints of Anthony Gross, pp. 111-116
Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge The Rampant Lions Press, no. 83
Endowment Note
Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin Program Endowment for Rare Books and Manuscripts
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