Cut to Impress
Woodblocks once belonging to Philip Norbury, Thomas Carnan, and John Newbery
by Simon Lawrence
Nine accordion-fold pages showing ten eighteenth-century wood engravings printed from the blocks, part of the group of over 600 woodblocks from the very first children's books. The engravings are accompanied by a short letterpress text. This selection augments the story of the blocks told in the miniature Woodcuts for good boys & girls, with four of the blocks present in both volumes.
95 copies bound in marbled paper wrappers by Louise Brockman. Price £40, postage free within the UK.
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