English Woodcuts: 1480-1535 by Hodnett, Edward - 1935

Oxford, England: Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine contribution to the Bibliographical Society series on Illustrated Monographs, this being No. XXII, a true First Edition printed at the Oxford University Press by the Printer to the University. Bound in quarter-cloth and light brown paper over boards in a large quarto format, foxed at spine, some toning to paste-downs front and rear, some sunning along edges to endpapers, else quite bright and clean, clean, unmarked of interior. Deckle-cut fore-edges, gilt top edges. xv, 483 pp. text, 233 figures in black-and-white at book's end, stark and arresting, followed by an Index to those woodcuts. Long Foreword by the author from his perch at Columbia University, then an also lengthy Introduction, a catalogue of woodcuts and with a special focus on WIlliam Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde, Richard Pynson and other "Minor Printers," then the aforementioned facsimiles and finally Index of the woodcuts. All in, an indispensable survey of the important half-century of woodcuts appearing just post Gutenberg.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.