Publisher: | Newtown: Gregynog Press | Edition: | Limited edition [300]; Published Date: 1935 | Illustrations: | Twenty-four wood engravings originally drawn by Edward Burne-Jones | Dimensions: | 290 x 230 mm (11 x 9 inches) - iv, 141pp | Appearance: | White leather with gilt decoration and lettering. In original cloth box and slip case. | Condition: | VG: on very good condition. Ex library with stamp mark on three pages including title page. Library script on reverse of title page (neat). Bookplate on fep. White cover and slipcase rubbed and marked. |
Teg. Outer edges untrimmed. Poet Laureate from 1913, Bridges was recognised as a superb craftsman. These poems, originally published in 1885, are beautifully illustrated by Burne-Jones. The drawings had been made by Burne-Jones in early manhood but had never been reproduced and were at that time in the Ruskin Drawing School at Oxford. Being on tracing paper, faded and discoloured, mechanical reproduction was impossible. Under the direction of Loyd Haberly, they were prepared for the engraver by Professor R. Catterson-Smith, who had worked for some years with Burne-Jones in preparing the Chaucer and other Kelmscott Press illustrations, and who was assisted in this instance by Miss Dorothy Hawksley.
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