Jan 29, 2019 - Sale 2497

Sale 2497 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(REBECCA PRESS/CHELONIIDAE PRESS/MINIATURE.) Wilde, Oscar. The Nightingale and the Rose. Wood engraved illustrations by Alan James Robinson. Printed in black, red, and green in Italian Oldstyle monotype set by Mackenzie Harris. Miniature book, measuring 70x57 mm; 2 3/4x2 1/4 inches, blind-stamped black morocco; original clamshell box with red morocco spine label stamped with rose and "Wilde" in gilt, at foot. number 2 of only 15 state proof copies specially bound by david bourbeau from a total edition of 315. From the collection of Richard Callaway. (Hyattsville, MD), 1985