4to, later red quarter morocco, spine gilt-lettered 'Engravings by E. G. for M. E. G.', bookplate of Mary Gill to front pastedown, containing 16 wood-engravings by Gill, of which 13 (nos. 1-13 below) inscribed by him in pencil 'MEG' or 'To MEG' (one additionally inscribed 'from EG'), and 3 (nos. 14-16) numbered and signed but not addressed to any recipient, various dimensions, each mounted on separate sheets (rectos only), interleaved throughout, titles as follows (Skelton numbers in square brackets): 1. The Martyrdom of St Saturus, from The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity and The Fleuron VII, 1928 [P559: in its published form an additional block printed in red was used for the blood of the martyr]; 2. Christchild, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P597]; 3. The Money Bag, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P602]; 4. The Lawyer's Tale, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P585]; 5. Initial letter A with foliate border, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P551 for the letter only, the foliate border not included under that catalogue entry]; 6. Girl Sitting in Leaves: Belle Sauvage I, from The Legion Book, 1929 [P558]; 7. The Flight of St Perpetua, from The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity and The Fleuron VII, 1928 [P554]; 8. Spray of Seven Leaves and Four Curls [and] Man holding Curl of Spray, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P565 and 566]; 9. Initial letter N, The Tale of Melibeus, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P593]; 10. Leda Waiting, from Leda, 1929 [P616]; 11. Fig Leaf, from Leda, 1929 [P615]; 12. Initial letter W, The Tale of Sir Topas, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P590]; 13. [Two marionettes suspended amid advertising hoardings], [unidentified]; 14. The Kiss of Judas, from Passio Domini Nostri Jesus Christi, 1926, inscribed by Gill '15/15 EG' [P315]; 15. Belle Sauvage III, from Art Nonsense and Other Essays, 1929, inscribed by Gill '8/10 Eric Gill' [P622]; 16. Ecce tu pulchra es, from Canticum Canticorum, 1929, variant state overprinted in blue with a second woodblock, inscribed by Gill '2/12 Eric G' [P614: 'not used'] (1) Provenance: Property of an English collector.
4to, later red quarter morocco, spine gilt-lettered 'Engravings by E. G. for M. E. G.', bookplate of Mary Gill to front pastedown, containing 16 wood-engravings by Gill, of which 13 (nos. 1-13 below) inscribed by him in pencil 'MEG' or 'To MEG' (one additionally inscribed 'from EG'), and 3 (nos. 14-16) numbered and signed but not addressed to any recipient, various dimensions, each mounted on separate sheets (rectos only), interleaved throughout, titles as follows (Skelton numbers in square brackets): 1. The Martyrdom of St Saturus, from The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity and The Fleuron VII, 1928 [P559: in its published form an additional block printed in red was used for the blood of the martyr]; 2. Christchild, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P597]; 3. The Money Bag, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P602]; 4. The Lawyer's Tale, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P585]; 5. Initial letter A with foliate border, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P551 for the letter only, the foliate border not included under that catalogue entry]; 6. Girl Sitting in Leaves: Belle Sauvage I, from The Legion Book, 1929 [P558]; 7. The Flight of St Perpetua, from The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity and The Fleuron VII, 1928 [P554]; 8. Spray of Seven Leaves and Four Curls [and] Man holding Curl of Spray, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P565 and 566]; 9. Initial letter N, The Tale of Melibeus, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P593]; 10. Leda Waiting, from Leda, 1929 [P616]; 11. Fig Leaf, from Leda, 1929 [P615]; 12. Initial letter W, The Tale of Sir Topas, from The Canterbury Tales, 1929 [P590]; 13. [Two marionettes suspended amid advertising hoardings], [unidentified]; 14. The Kiss of Judas, from Passio Domini Nostri Jesus Christi, 1926, inscribed by Gill '15/15 EG' [P315]; 15. Belle Sauvage III, from Art Nonsense and Other Essays, 1929, inscribed by Gill '8/10 Eric Gill' [P622]; 16. Ecce tu pulchra es, from Canticum Canticorum, 1929, variant state overprinted in blue with a second woodblock, inscribed by Gill '2/12 Eric G' [P614: 'not used'] (1) Provenance: Property of an English collector.
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