Michael Ayrton (ill.); Paul Verlaine: 'Femmes/Hombres by Pau...

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£380

Michael Ayrton (ill.); Paul Verlaine: 'Femmes/Hombres by Paul Verlaine with 15 full page (original) etchings by Michael Ayrton', London, Douglas Cleverdon for the Arcadia Press, 1972, limited edition, number 54 of 85 standard copies (only 75 for sale), signed by Miachael Ayrton and numbered, 15 full page original etchings by Michael Ayrton complete, 67 pages (french text), Designed and printed by the Circle Press Guildford in Monotype Bembo 270. Etchings printed at Studio Prints London. Mould-made paper from Barcham Green Kent 1972, oblong folio (29 x 40cm), original quarter green morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, marbled paper covered boards, top edge gilt, others uncut, original cream buckram slipcase, printed paper title label. Fine copy, with the scarce original prospectus loosely inserted