Pastorale / wood-engravings by Lucien Pissarro ; with a note on the Kelmscott paper by John Bidwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pissarro, Lucien, 1863-1944, artist.

Bidwell, John, 1949- author.

Contributor:

Batchelor, J. (Joseph), papermaker.

Randle, John, writer of introduction.

Wieck, Roger S., associated name, former owner.

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- associated name, former owner.

Ashmolean Museum, host institution.

Morgan Library & Museum, contributor.

Whittington Press, printer, publisher.

Fine Book Bindery (Firm), binder.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pissarro, Lucien, 1863-1944--Themes, motives.

Pissarro, Lucien.

Wood-engraving, English--19th century.

Wood-engraving, English.

Wood-engraving, English--20th century.

Wood-engraving, French--England.

Wood-engraving, French.

Pastoral art.

Handmade paper--England--Specimens.

Handmade paper.

Eragny Press.

Pissarro, Lucien, 1863-1944.

Themes, motives.

England.

Genre:

Specimens

Handmade papers.

Handmade papers (Paper)

Physical Description:

[6], 11, [2] pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm + 1 portfolio ([24] unbound leaves : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm)

Place of Publication:

Risbury, Herefordshire : Whittington Press ; [Oxford] : Ashmolean Museum ; [New York, N.Y.] : Morgan Library & Museum, 2011.

Notes:

""The Ashmolean ... have kindly allowed us to print from Lucien's original wood-blocks which are in their possession. The Morgan Library and Museum ... supplied 2000 sheets of the Batchelor's Crown and Sceptre paper which has lain in their store for over a century"--Page [5].

"This edition of 300 copies is set in 12-point Caslon type & printed from the original engravings on the three different papers made by Joseph Batchelor & Son to the original specifications of William Morris ... The 40 copies bound in vellum are printed on the Otter paper, and contain a portfolio of proofs of the engravings, and one additional engraving, all in a solander box. The 100 copies half-bound in Oasis leather and pre-war Fabriano Ingres are printed on the Flower paper made for the Kelmscott Press, and also contain the proofs and additional engraving. The 160 regular copies are half-bound in Fabriano Ingres papers and printed on the Crown and Sceptre paper. Bound by The Fine Book Bindery"--Colophon.

Issued in slipcase.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Whittington 26: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck in 2019. Copy number 80. Laid in: letterpress printed note to the reader about the paper; publisher's catalog order slip; publisher's description (1 folded sheet). In slipcase.

ISBN:

1854280953

9781854280954

OCLC:

773380072