Renascence. A Book Of Verse.

CRANE, Walter.

Renascence. A Book Of Verse.

Illustrations by Walter Crane. First edition, no. 17 [sic - in what must be a coincidence the two special states of this book in the Cohen collection are the same number] of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, numbered and signed by the author. 4to. Loose signatures, as issued, in publisher’s portfolio with vellum spine and paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. London: Elkin Mathews, 1891.

£540.00

CRANE, Walter.

Renascence. A Book Of Verse.

“Prefaced by a title-page which expresses [Crane’s] concept of symbolic illustration – here a nude female figure intertwined with her hair, and a flight of doves rising with the dawn of a new day. As a backdrop, the curves of the artist’s palette are played off against a rectangular mass of white upon which the lettering in black is imposed.” Nelson, Early Nineties, p. 66.

Large tear to inner portfolio flap, light soiling to boards, and some silk ties missing. Externally very good, internally fine.

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