| Curwen Press: | J3 |
| Curwen Press: | J3 |
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A Version by Donald Attwater of The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman With woodcuts by Denis Tegetmeier Ecce somniator venit; venite, occidamus eum, et mittamus in cisternam veterem, dicemusque: Fera pessima devoravit eum; et tunc apparebit quid illi prosint somnia sua. Liber Genesis xxxvii, 19-20 London Cassell and Company Ltd 1930
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LA BELLE SAUVAGE EDITIONS [woodcut: La belle sauvage] This edition is limited to 225 copies. 25 COPIES signed by Denis Tegetmeier, with the woodcuts coloured by hand by the ar- tist. These special copies are numbered I to XXV 200 COPIES on Barcham Green's handmade paper. These copies are numbered 26 to 225 This is number [space for serial number]
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[i-xiii] xiv-xxi [xxii, 1-3] 4-18 [19-21] 22-35 [36-9] 40-54 [55-7] 58-80 [81-3] 84-95 [96-9] 100-143 [144-7] 148-69 [170-3] 174-87 [188-9] 190-2 [+2].
Imperial 8o: 11¼" × 7¼", top edge only trimmed and gilt, artificial headband,white wove, Curwen Press + Unicorn; 14(+3)pt. Baskerville; woodcut illustrations; casing, spine black buckram gold-blocked: ‘THE VISION OF WILLIAM concerning PIERS THE PLOWMAN’, boards blue paper.
Herbert Simon quoting Desmond Flower directly refers to this book.(Simon 1973 p.209).
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Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 1/Oct/2016
| British Library: | C.98.c.8 |
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As Mzc.
As Mzc.
At end of Limitation, the signature of Denis Tegetmeier in pale green ink, but volume is not numbered.
As Mzc but: woodcuts coloured; bound in dark blue morocco by Wood, London, sewn on 4 cords, spine with 5 bands (one being false) gold tooling in 2nd panel: ‘VISION OF WILLIAM’
B.L. copy has woodcuts coloured (see Limitation) but is numbered 10 in arabic numbers.
ODNBRobin Phillips, 1963, revised 1/Oct/2016