Buckland-Wright (John).- Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 2 vol., number 4 of 7 special copies for sale with the original aquatints and an additional suite of plates, this copy one of only 4 sets with an artist's trial proof and signed by Christopher Buckland-Wright, 20 plates in two states (original aquatints and collotypes), bound in red morocco-backed boards, by the Chelsea Bindery, t.e.g., prospectus and invoice loosely inserted, each volume with additional suite of aquatint plates for that volume printed on Whatman paper, vol.1 with an additional early state of one plate (copper-engraving before aquatint), loose as issued in 2 cloth sleeves, together in cloth slip-case, 8vo & 4to, Folio Society, 1954-55. ⁂ Note in pencil on verso of vol.1 title reads: "Number 8 of fourteen two-volume sets of the first edition containing a complete suite of original aquatints bound in and preceding each collotype reproduction...The volume and prints all come from the artist's studio and their binding was undertaken by the Chelsea Bindery in 2001. This set contains an artist's trial proof before aquatinting. No 4/7. Christopher Buckland-Wright".
Buckland-Wright (John).- Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 2 vol., number 4 of 7 special copies for sale with the original aquatints and an additional suite of plates, this copy one of only 4 sets with an artist's trial proof and signed by Christopher Buckland-Wright, 20 plates in two states (original aquatints and collotypes), bound in red morocco-backed boards, by the Chelsea Bindery, t.e.g., prospectus and invoice loosely inserted, each volume with additional suite of aquatint plates for that volume printed on Whatman paper, vol.1 with an additional early state of one plate (copper-engraving before aquatint), loose as issued in 2 cloth sleeves, together in cloth slip-case, 8vo & 4to, Folio Society, 1954-55. ⁂ Note in pencil on verso of vol.1 title reads: "Number 8 of fourteen two-volume sets of the first edition containing a complete suite of original aquatints bound in and preceding each collotype reproduction...The volume and prints all come from the artist's studio and their binding was undertaken by the Chelsea Bindery in 2001. This set contains an artist's trial proof before aquatinting. No 4/7. Christopher Buckland-Wright".
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