Pennant and his Welsh landscapes : selected readings from A Tour in Wales (1778-1784) / edited and with an introduction by Gwyn Walters ; woodcuts by Rigby Graham ; [with a note by Robert Meyrick entitled Rigby Graham woodcuts].
Publisher:
Gwasg Gregynog,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
xxv, 1 unnumbered page, 133 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations (frontispiece, 15 color woodcuts, 3 double-page color woodcuts) ; w 25 x h 36, 5 x d 3, 5 cm
Limited edition of 170 copies for sale. Copies numbered I-XX: with a set of 27 editioned prints, in a special binding by James Brockman, in a drop-back box. Copies numbered 1-150: bound in quarter leather by John Sewell, in a slipcase. Both bindings designed by the artist. Front and back inner cover papers made from double-page coloured woodcuts. Text and marginal notes. "This book, designed by Robert Meyrick, has been printed by David Vickers on Velin Arches 160 gsm pure cotton mould-made paper using a Heidelberg cylinder press. Rigby Graham's woodcuts were printed from the blocks using inks specially formulated by Cranfield Colours of Cwmbran. A further seven blocks were made available separately as prints. Monotype Baskerville Series 169 has been used throughout the book: title pages and chapter opneings hand-set in 18, 24 and 36 point, the text pages cast in 8 and 14 point from spools produced at Speedspools by Harry McIntosh. The compositor was Gerard O'Shea." -- colophon. UI Libraries holds copy 72 of print-run of 150. IAU
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