May 05, 2009 - Sale 2179

Sale 2179 - Lot 43

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
(CHELONIIDAE PRESS.) Brown, Sir Thomas. Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes. Introduction by Jan van Dorsten. Signed frontispiece etching of Sir Thomas Browne, 16 wood engravings, by Alan James Robinson, all signed. 8vo, publisher's 1/4 vellum, gilt-lettered spine; extra suite in separate cloth chemise; vellum-backed linen clamshell box. Williamsburg, 1984

Additional Details

artists proof number 10 of 60 deluxe copies signed by robinson, with an extra suite of proofs, from a total edition of 250. The text was printed letterpress in black and blue by Harold McGrath at Hampshire Typothetae.