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Lot 111
Sale 2600 - Books and Manuscripts
Sep 27, 2023
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[Private Press] [Eragny Press] Rust, Margaret, and Lucien Pissarro
The Queen of the Fishes. An Adaptation in English of a Fairy Tale of Valois
The Queen of the Fishes. An Adaptation in English of a Fairy Tale of Valois
Rust, Margaret, and Lucien Pissarro
The Queen of the Fishes. An Adaptation in English of a Fairy Tale of Valois
(Essex: Eragny Press, 1894). First and limited edition, #118/120 numbered copies (from a total edition of 150 copies). 8vo. (viii), 14, (2) pp. Title-page printed in gilt; text printed in red and in black. Illustrated with 12 woodcuts (including 5 printed in color, and one full-page), decorative woodcut borders printed in green and in red, and woodcut printer's device, by Lucien Pissarro. Publisher's stiff vellum, stamped with gilt floral device on front cover; top edge gilt. A lovely and scarce copy of the Eragny Press's first publication. Provenance
The Estate of G. Franklin Ludington, New York City.