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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-1682) & Alan James Robinson, illus. Of Unicornes Hornes.
[Williamsburg, MA]: Cheloniidae Press, 1984.
Artist's proof copy, octavo; number X of 15 copies signed by the illustrator; illustrated with sixteen woodcuts by Robinson; bound in creamy full parchment, gilt-lettered spine; housed in a quarter vellum and oatmeal cloth clamshell box; 9 3/4 x 7 in.
[Together with] An original signed drawing of a unicorn, 28 work proofs, an additional suite of the state proofs (all signed and numbered by the artist), and a signed rejection proof; inside a quarter vellum portfolio stamped on the spine with a gilt unicorn horn.
[And] An additional original drawing by Robinson of the hippopotamus, signed in the lower margin, and an autograph letter signed by the artist offering to provide the additional drawing of the recipient's choice to accompany this limited-edition state proof set on Cheloniidae Press stationery, 16 April 1984.
