Estimate: | £300 - £500 |
Hammer price: | £220 |
WOLFE, Edward (1897-1982, artist). Song of Songs. Charlbury: Senecio Press, [1980]. Folio (460 x 327mm). 12 coloured plates by Edward Wolfe, unbound as issued in original cloth portfolio. Provenance: From the Library of the late Sir George Engle. ONE OF 275 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 234 OF 250 WITH EACH PLATE SIGNED AND NUMBERED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST, AND AGAIN SIGNED BY THE ARTIST ON THE COLOPHON. “Twelve illustrations printed in offset lithography by Adrian Lack at the Senecio Press, Charlbury, on aluminium lined paper in four colours and matt varnish using Hostmann Steinberg inks. Mounted on Velin Arches 160 gsm Blanc. Text hand-set in 18-point Caslon type and printed by John and Rosalind Randle at The Whittington Press, Andoversford. Bound by Weatherby Woolnough. Edited by James O’Connor” (from the colophon). Some printed ephemera relating to the artist is loosely-inserted.