The Lad Philisides,

The Lad Philisides, being a Selection of Songs, Pastoral Eclogues & Elegies from The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. With wood engravings by Harry Brockway.

Publication details: Llandogo: Old Stile Press,1988,

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Stock number: 72772

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A long autograph letter from the printer, Nicolas McDowall, is laid in.

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E/26 DELUXE COPIES (from an edition of 251 copies) signed by the artist, printed on Zerkall Halbmatt mould-made paper, title-page printed in black and blue, 19 wood-engravings, two small engravings, also by Brockway, at the head of each poem, pp. 51, tall 8vo, original quarter red morocco, patterned paper sides with a Brockway design, backstrip lettered in gilt, t.e.g., others untrimmed, housed in raw silk slipcase (Brockway engraving inset to front) together with similarly bound portfolio of proof engravings (including one not featured in the text) each signed and lettered by the artist, fine

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