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London: British Library, 2003. Hardcover. VG/VG- light wear to dust jacket extremities.. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped spine lettering. Aqua dust jacket with BW illustration adn white lettering. 152 pp. Illustrations. "From the late nineteenth century, wood engraving ceased to be a reproductive process and became a medium for creative expression. In this revival one of the most prolific and significant engravers was Gwen Raverat (1885-1957), the only women to become a founder-member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Gwen was the granddaughter of Charles Darwin and is still today widely admired for her delightful autobiography Period Piece with its amusing drawings. She grew up in Cambridge, whose river, fens, and trees were the source of her enduring love for landscape and provided themes of universal and lasting appeal. Gwen had been trained as a painter, and therefore visualised subjects in tone rather than line. She had an impressionistic approach to form, expressing it in terms of light -… Leer más

Denby Dale, West Yorkshire: Fleece Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. One of only thirty specially bound copies containing an original print. A beautifully-produced work on Raverat's oeuvre, including a full bibliography of her works. Printed in Scotch Roman type by Peter J. Sanderson at the Whittington Press. Folio, 1/4 gilt-lettered vellum over marbled paper-covered boards by Smith Settle; publisher's linen clamshell box with printed spine label. Box and book near fine -- minor shelfwear to the box and a touch of corner wear to the book (caused by contact with the box). Beautiful book, one pf the best from Fleece.