The queen of the fishes. With 12 woodcuts by Lucien Pissarro by Margaret Rust - 1894
by Margaret Rust
The queen of the fishes. With 12 woodcuts by Lucien Pissarro
by Margaret Rust
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Eragny Press for Vale Publications sold by John Lane at the sign of Bodley Head in Virgo Street London, 1894. - An adaption in English of a fairy tale of Valois, by Margaret Rust, Illustrated with 12 woodcuts (5 in color) by Lucien Pissarro. The first book of Eragny Press, limited in 150 copies, in the original parchment vellum cover with golden vignette, guarded in a handcrafted light brown cardboard portfolio with flowers decor. Ex libris: Rainforth Armitage Walker, with dedication in pen by Margaret Rust dated April 1895. With the book also a proof of the wood cut in color on page 7, with annotations in pencil, loose + an extra leaf of page 10 with the woodcuts. Foxing on the cover and flyleaves, light stains at the margin of some text pages.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Illustrator Lucien Pissarro
- Format/Binding Original parchment vellum cover with golden vignette
- Book Condition Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition Limited Numbered Signed
- Publisher Eragny Press for Vale Publications
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1894
- Keywords Pissarro, Rust, Eragny Press, The queen of the fishes.