Romantic landscape : the wood engravings of Raymond Hawthorn / Hal Bishop

Hal Bishop

RA Collection: Book

Record number

24/154

Author

Imprint

Exeter: Bishop Books, 31 Danes Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4LS, 1999

Physical Description

16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

General Note

The printer is named on the imprint page: Printed by Libanaus Press, Rose Tree House, Silverless Street, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1JQ
Title page in green and red.
`Cover engraving: Romantic Landscape 1981; colophon: design from Faust 1940.' [imprint, verso of title page].
`The 11 independent engravings collected here, and the extra one loose in the special edition, (all except the first are printed from the original blocks) span a half-century from 1938-1988; only 16 are known to have been editioned, a few more Hawthorn considered finished and signed.’ (p.[2]).

Copy Note

`140 copies set in Calson printed at Libanus Press from the original wood-engravings on Zerkall mould-made paper; I-XX casebound with A Forsaken Garden laid in, 21-140 in wrappers. January 1999. Copy No. V.' [colophon].

Binding Note

Booklet, stitched, with cream card covers. Title in green and another engraving on upper cover.

Name as Subject

Subject

Illustrated books
Wood-engravings

Contributors

Raymond Hawthorn, wood-engraver
Bishops Books, publisher
Libanus Press, printer

ISBN

9780948021404