Live auction - Lot 719

The first book printed in the "Brook" type by Esther & Lucien Pissarro at the Eragny Press

[Eragny Press]

MOORE, Thomas Sturge

A brief account of the origin of the Eragny Press & A note on the relation of the printed book as a work of art. A bibliographical list of the Eragny books printed in the Vale type by Esther & Lucien Pissarro on their press at Epping, Bedford Park and the Brook, Chiswick, in the order in which they were issued.

Hammersmith, Eragny Press, 1903)


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8vo (offset on flylvs).

Quarter buff paper (sl. soiled), gold stamped on upper left cover, white paper boards with a repeat pattern of "daisy" printed in green and pink, inlay box in paper, cardboard and leather with imitating painted "daisy" pattern. Uncut copy.

Limited edition to 241 copies (incl. 6 on vellum). 1/235 on Arches paper printed in Brook (unnumb. copy). With 14 wood-engr. ill. and pressmark in b/w protected with tissue-guards. "Esther [Pissarro] thought the cost of binding A Brief Account was too high due to the unnecessary interleaving. Leighton explained to her that interleaving was necessary to prevent off-set with solid engravings and the cost of interleaving the book was considerable" (Genz).
Ref.
Genz, M.D. - A history of the Eragny Press 1894-1914, pp. 185-188. - Ransom (Eragny Press) 16. - Tomkinson (Eragny Press) 17.

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Lot 719

The first book printed in the "Brook" type by Esther & Lucien Pissarro at the Eragny Press

A brief account of the origin of the Eragny Press & A note on the relation of the printed book as a work of art. A bibliographical list of the Eragny books printed in the Vale type by Esther & Lucien Pissarro on their press at Epping, Bedford Park and the Brook, Chiswick, in the order in which they were issued.

MOORE, Thomas Sturge

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