288x195mm (sheet size), 135x90mm (image size / platemark), printed in black to recto of single sheet of Whatman handmade paper. JBW created 20 aquatint illustrations for the two-volume Folio Society Decameron of 1954/55. These were reproduced by collotype, and according to his son Christopher he (JBW) was 'very disappointed in the quality of reproduction . The collotype reproductions were dull and lifeless'. The situation was rectified in 2003 when Christopher Buckland Wright fulfilled his father's probable wish of issuing 14 special copies of the book (only seven for sale), newly bound, together with two accompanying suites of the aquatints printed directly from the original plates. One suite (bound-in) was printed on cream handmade paper of a similar tone and size as used in the book, the second (in a separate envelope of loose sheets), from which this example is drawn, on larger sheets of white Whatman handmade paper. Just as he describes, 'The tonal qualities in these prints are exhilarating, restoring life to the designs'. This image of Boccaccio formed the frontispiece, and is perhaps the best-known of the set. Extremely scarce in this issue, and accompanied by a photocopy of Christopher Buckland Wright's promotional letter announcing the project, from which the above information is drawn. Near Fine (faint creasing to one corner). Reid A69 (later reissue). Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers W2054

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Titel: Aquatint: Giovanni Boccaccio from 'The ...

Verlag: Christopher Buckland Wright

Erscheinungsdatum: 2003

Einband: No Binding

Illustrator: John Buckland Wright

Zustand: Near Fine

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