Gwendolen Raverat
(1885-1957)
LONGUS, George. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe. Traduction de Messire J. Amyot, éditée et Corrigée par Paul-Louis Courier, Chelsea: The Ashendene Press, 1933, small 4°, one of 310 copies on paper, printed in black and red, wood-engraved illustrations by Gwendolen Raverat, manuscript initials in blue by Graily Hewitt, original half vellum-backed boards with gilt design on upper cover (a trifle rubbed and bumped at extremities). [Ashendene Press XXXIX]
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LONGUS, George. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe. Traduction de Messire J. Amyot, éditée et Corrigée par Paul-Louis Courier, Chelsea: The Ashendene Press, 1933, small 4°, one of 310 copies on paper, printed in black and red, wood-engraved illustrations by Gwendolen Raverat, manuscript initials in blue by Graily Hewitt, original half vellum-backed boards with gilt design on upper cover (a trifle rubbed and bumped at extremities). [Ashendene Press XXXIX]
"Illustration in the Ashendene books is not particularly memorable, except for Gwen Raverat's wood engravings for the Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe." [Franklin: Private Presses p.58]
"Illustration in the Ashendene books is not particularly memorable, except for Gwen Raverat's wood engravings for the Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe." [Franklin: Private Presses p.58]