Sixe idyllia / chosen out of the Sicilian poet Theocritus and translated into English verse; with eight etchings by Anthony Gross; and with an introduciton by Douglas Cleverdon
[4], ix-xv, [1 blank], [2], 3-54, [1] pages : illustrations (front., 1 facs., 8 etchings) ; 34 cm. 33 x 24 cm.
Series Title
Clover Hill editions: 6
General Note
`The edition comprises: 12 copies, lettered A-L and signed by the artist, each containing an original drawing, a set of signed proofs and the etchings in the first state, and a set of signed prints in final state; of which four copies are for presentation. 135 copies, numbered I-CXXXV and signed by the artist, each containing a set of signed prints in final state; of which ten copies are for presentation. 270 copies, numbered 1-270 of which twenty copies are for presentation.’ [colophon].
The book is illustrated with 8 etchings by Anthony Gross, with another loose set of the eight etchings which are all signed and housed in a separate box.
`Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge in Hermann Zapf’s Palatino types. The etchings printed by Studio Prints. Paper made by J. Barcham Green. Bound by Wigmore Bindery.’ (Page [55]).
The text is taken from the ed. printed at Oxford in 1588. With a facsimile of the t.p. from the Bodleian Library copy, shelfmark 'Mal. 841'.
"Printed and made in Great Britain" -- on verso title-page.
References
"Studio Prints was set up by a former Slade pupil of Anthony Gross, Dorothea Wight. The creation and printing of the prints were the subject of a BBC television film, 'In a print maker's workshop''. -- Fitzwilliam Museum, Rampant Lions Press (1982), pp. 41-42, no. 45.
Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, The Rampant Lions Press: a printing workshop through five decades (1982)., p. 41, no. 45.
Copy Note
Copy number CXVIII from the edition of 135, numbered and signed by the artist on the colophon.
Binding Note
Quarter bound in buff cloth with embossed and gilt bull's head on upper cover. Brown morocco spine lettered in gilt: `Sixe Idyllia of Theocritus'. The 8 loose etchings are housed separate box with marbled paper covers and lettered in gilt on the spine: `The Etchings' In slipcase.