The very rich hours of Le Boulvé / written and illustrated with twenty-six etchings and engravings on copper by Anthony Gross ; with a foreword by David Garnett.

Anthony Gross RA

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/1946

Author

Edition

1st edition

Imprint

Cambridge, England: Printed and published by the Rampant Lions Press, 1980

Physical Description

110 pages : illustrations ; 34 cm.

General Note

`This edition consists of 135 copies, divides as follows: 120 copies, numbered 1-120 and signed by Anthony Gross, consisting of the text and the plates; and 15 copies, numbered I-XV and signed by Anthony Gross, with an extra set of the engravings each signed by Anthony Gross, and an original working drawing, in a separate dustproof box.’ [title page].
`This book was designed, and the letterpress was printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, on Arches vélin mould-made paper. The text was edited by Sebastian Carter and set in 18pt Palatino. The plates were printed at the artist’s studio by Mary West [Gross' daughter]. The patterned paper used in the bindings was designed by Anthony Gross and Will Carter and printed at the Stellar Press at Welham Green.’ (page [111]).
Half title and chapter numbering printed in brown ink.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-110).
Etched double-page title page.

References

Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, The Rampant Lions Press: a printing workshop through five decades (1982)., p. 77, no. 83.

Summary Note

Contains a vivid description of the village of Le Boulvé in Quercy (Aquitaine) and the surrounding area with reference to its past history and its present inhabitants.

Copy Note

Copy number 76 of 135, numbered and signed by the artist on the title page.

Binding Note

The oridinary edition bound by John P. Gray in quarter brown morocco with buckram sides; the special edition by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full brown morocco. [Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge The Rampant Lions Press, p. 77, no. 83].
Quarter bound tan morocco-backed cloth; top edge gilt, fore-edge and tail deckle-edged paper. Titled in silver on green morocco label on spine. In a tan cloth slipcase.

Subject

Illustrated books
Topography
Landscapes
Etchings
Artists' books

Contributors

Anthony Gross RA, engraver, illustrator, book designer
Will Carter, book designer, typographer
Sebastian Carter, editor, book designer, typographer
Mary West, printer
David Garnett, contributor
Rampant Lions Press (Cambridge), printer/publisher
Stellar Press, printer