Greenaway, Kate and Walter Crane

Estimate

200 - 300 GBP

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Description

The Quiver of Love. A Collection of Valentines Ancient and Modern. London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1876
Paper

8vo (218 x 165mm.), FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and 7 full page colour plates by Greenaway and Crane printed in gold and colour and mounted within printed borders, additional lithographed title printed in gold and colour, green cloth elaborately decorated in gilt with white centre label, bevelled edges, gilt edges, spine very slightly rolled, light spotting on half-title, some browning and soiling

Literature

See Schuster & Engen 167

Catalogue Note

A RARE APPARENTLY UNRECORDED VARIANT BINDING, identical to that recorded in Schuster & Engen under reference 167 1b), but in green cloth rather than brown.

Greenaway contributed the frontispiece and three other of the eight illustrations, all of which are present here (some copies only include five).