£300 - £500
RARE - "Engraved in the Wood" George Mackley a collection of Wood Engravings - Limited Edition, Number 2 of only 300 copies. 1968 First edition.
Cased with the 68 Engravings, and the introduction by his son. Wear to the outer box, interior is immaculate.
Limited edition of 300 copies signed and numbered by the artist,(THIS IS NUMBER 2) George Mackley. Booklet and portfolio housed in original hand-made folding cloth covered case by Gray's of Cambridge, paper spine-label, 33 cm, engravings listing leaf, 68 loose leaves of wood-engravings and 18 pp. booklet. A portfolio of 68 wood engravings by George Mackley, of which 55 are printed direct firom the original blocks, with the other 13 (where the original blocks have been lost) reproduced photographically byline-blocks from surviving prints, accompanied by an illustrated booklet containing an appreciation by Ruari McLean and a glimpse of the artist by Armida Maria-Theresa Colt. Designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, Printed on T.H. Saunders mould-made paper. Contents Fine. Case has rubbing to corners and some edges and with white residue to one corner. Superbly impressive production.
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