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BENJAMIN FAWCETT ENGRAVER AND COLOUR PRINTER, WITH A LIST OF HIS BOOKS AND PLATES.
McLean, Ruari and Antonia.
First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies, of which this is one of 25 special copies with three actual plates demonstrating Fawcett's work loosely inserted in a pocket in the back. In special binding and with limitation page bound in and with McLean's signature. A check-list of books and plates printed by Fawcett, plus letters to, from or concerning him. Contains an outline of Fawcett's life, an interesting article on Fawcett's woodblock printing techniques by Gavin Bridson, and a look at scientific publishing in the nineteenth century. Many black and white illustrations, plus 9 color plates. Spine of jacket faded.
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> BIBLIOGRAPHY, NINETEENTH CENTURY
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> PRINTING HISTORY, NINETEENTH CENTURY
> BOOK ILLUSTRATION, NINETEENTH CENTURY
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> from the collection of Alfred Brazier and Phiroze Randeria
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> O'Brien, P., EYRES' PRESS WARRINGTON (1756-1803), AN EMBRYO UNIVERSITY PRESS.
> Young, Matthew McLennan, FIELD & TUER, THE LEADENHALL PRESS: A CHECKLIST
> ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS, DRAWN BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT
> Beckwith, Alice H.R.H., VICTORIAN BIBLIOMANIA, THE ILLUMINATED BOOK IN 19TH-CENTURY BRITAIN
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THE TRAGEDIE OF KING LEAR
by Shakespeare, William
Printed in an edition limited to 160 signed and numbered copies. Printed with hand-set type at the Theodore Press on light grey paper hand-made especially for this book by Kate MacGregor and Bernie Vinzani. Claire van Vliet's woodcuts were printed by her at the Janus Press. She also individually decorated the stained birch boards. A superb edition of Lear, with engravings that eloquently convey the pain of the play, in a binding that suits the book perfectly.
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