English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

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Pogany--Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, [1910], signed, on Japanese vellum

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July 9, 05:07 PM GMT

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4,000 - 5,000 GBP

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POGÁNY, WILLY--COLERIDGE, S.T.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. George G. Harrap & Co., [1910] 


4to, NUMBER 23 OF 25 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, colour decorated title page, 20 tipped-in colour plates after paintings by Pogany, numerous other full page illustrations, each page of text within decorative borders, original full vellum by Morrell, upper cover and spine illuminated in gilt and various colours, decorated endpapers, top edge gilt, collector's navy slipcase, minor spotting, binding slightly soiled


The rare limited Pogany-illustrated edition of Coleridge's famous long poem, one of the artist's most lavish undertakings and clearly inspired by the grand medieval tradition of book illustration.



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