MOSER, Barry. Twelve Woodengravings of Cirsia & Various Thistles with sundry notes gathered, engraved & privately printed for Gray Parrot by Barry Moser. West Hatfield, MA: Privately Printed at the Pennyroyal Press for Gray Parrot, 1978.

109 x 162 mm. UNFOLDED SHEETS UNBOUND. Illustrated with 12 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Loose in board folder with Moser’s note “Cirsia in sheets, unfolded complete.”

CIRSIA IN SHEETS, UNFOLDED.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 35 copies, WITH EACH ENGRAVING SIGNED BY MOSER. This copy not signed by artist and binder as bound copies appear to be. This rare privately printed edition could be ordered bound or in sheets. Accompanied by the original printed announcement for the publication illustrated with a wood engraving of a thistle, signed by Moser. Also with an illustrated invitation to a lecture by Moser entitled “Eryngium & the White Knight: Botanical Motifs in Illustration,” on 13 May 1983 at the Yale Law School Auditorium; and 2 copies of a botanical proof printed by for private use by Moser reproducing a plate from The Flowering Plants of Massachusetts, each signed by Moser. Pennyroyal Checklist [M]6.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser

MOSER, Barry. Twelve Woodengravings of Cirsia & Various Thistles with sundry notes gathered, engraved & privately printed for Gray Parrot by Barry Moser. West Hatfield, MA: Privately Printed at the Pennyroyal Press for Gray Parrot, 1978.