The Lad Philisides,

(Old Stile Press.) SIDNEY (Philip)

The Lad Philisides,

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

Description: 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

Publication Details: Llandogo: Old Stile Press, 1988

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

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Price: £400

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 1988

Stock Number: 72772

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