WHISTLER (REX) Engravings... for Jonathan Swift's
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WHISTLER (REX)
Engravings... for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels Printed from the Original Plates, NUMBER 74 OF 100 COPIES on hand-made paper, from an overall edition of 101, introduction by Antony Rota, engraved title-vignette and 25 engraved sheets (comprising 12 plates, 5 maps, 4 head- & 4 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, the 12 plates hand-coloured), loose as issued in original green half morocco portfolio box case, gilt lettered on spine (uniformly faded), large 4to, [Harrison & Sons for H.M. Fletcher, 1970]
Footnotes:
The original copper plates by Whistler for use in the Cresset Press edition of Gulliver's Travels (1930, see adjacent lot) were bought by bookseller H.M. Fletcher, who issued this suite of the illustrations struck from the original plates in 1970.
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Engravings... for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels Printed from the Original Plates, NUMBER 74 OF 100 COPIES on hand-made paper, from an overall edition of 101, introduction by Antony Rota, engraved title-vignette and 25 engraved sheets (comprising 12 plates, 5 maps, 4 head- & 4 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, the 12 plates hand-coloured), loose as issued in original green half morocco portfolio box case, gilt lettered on spine (uniformly faded), large 4to, [Harrison & Sons for H.M. Fletcher, 1970]
Footnotes:
The original copper plates by Whistler for use in the Cresset Press edition of Gulliver's Travels (1930, see adjacent lot) were bought by bookseller H.M. Fletcher, who issued this suite of the illustrations struck from the original plates in 1970.
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.
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WHISTLER (REX) Engravings... for Jonathan Swift's
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