Pastorale
By: wood-engravings by Lucien Pissarro ; with a note on the Kelmscott paper by John Bidwell
Contributors: Batchelor, J. (Joseph); Bidwell, John, 1949-; Ashmolean Museum; Pierpont Morgan Library; Whittington Press; Fine Book Bindery (Firm)
Publisher: Whittington Press; Ashmolean Museum; Morgan Library & Museum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Risbury, Herefordshire; [Oxford]; [New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781854280954
Subjects: Themes, motives; Wood-engraving, English; Wood-engraving, French; Pastoral art; Handmade paper; Specimens; Eragny Press
Notes: ""The Ashmolean ... have kindly allowed us to print from Lucien's original wood-blocks which are in their possession. The Morgan Library and Museum ... supplied 2000 sheets of the Batchelor's Crown and Sceptre paper which has lain in their store for over a century"--Page [5].

"This edition of 300 copies is set in 12-point Caslon type & printed from the original engravings on the three different papers made by Joseph Batchelor & Son to the original specifications of William Morris ... The 40 copies bound in vellum are printed on the Otter paper, and contain a portfolio of proofs of the engravings, and one additional engraving, all in a solander box. The 100 copies half-bound in Oasis leather and pre-war Fabriano Ingres are printed on the Flower paper made for the Kelmscott Press, and also contain the proofs and additional engraving. The 160 regular copies are half-bound in Fabriano Ingres papers and printed on the Crown and Sceptre paper. Bound by The Fine Book Bindery"--Colophon.

Issued in slipcase.

Rare Book copy: No. 63.

Includes bibliographical references.