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LE CAIN, Errol (illustrator): COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor.
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER.
[Signed limited edition (No.27 of 110 copies) Arcadia Press, 1972. [59012] Folio (14 x 10 inches). Half vellum gilt with seaweed paper boards byZaehnsdorf, matching slip-case. Pp. 56, hand-printed by Wood Westworth & Co. in sage-green and black from original calligraphy by David Howells on deckle-edged hand-made seaweed paper by Wookey Hole Mill, with 10 magnificent colour plates by Le Cain, printed as proofs and tipped-in by hand.
An extraordinary production, signed by the illustrator, the calligrapher and paper-maker (Philip H.Rowson), this having been the personal copy of the
printer, John Ball of Wood Westworth & Co.
Price: £2,250.00
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