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Lot 266
Sale 5890 - Books and Manuscripts
Jun 25, 2024
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[Private Press] [Gregynog Press]: The Lamentations of Jeremiah
The Lamentations of Jeremiah
(Montgomeryshire, Wales): Gregynog Press, 1933. First and limited edition, #137/250 numbered copies printed on heavy Japanese paper. Folio. Unpaginated (32 pp.). Text printed in black and in blue. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Publisher's full dark blue morocco, stamped in blind, corners lightly worn, head of spine chipped, small split at bottom of front joint; all edges trimmed. Harrop 29
One of the finest works published by the Gregynog Press. Printed by William MacCance, with text from Dr. Scrivener's Paragraph Bible, and designed and engraved by Blair Hugh-Stanton, and hand-set by J. Hugh Jones in Baskerville Italic type.