[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Portfolio of plates for Master Richard's Bestiary of Love and Response. Bestiare d’amour. [West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985].
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[MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. Portfolio of plates for Master Richard's Bestiary of Love and Response. Bestiare d’amour. [West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985].
8vo. 48 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Loose as issued with additional suite of plates in cloth chemises; housed together in original vellum-backed cloth folding case.
LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 suites of plates, each signed and numbered in pencil by Moser, this copy designated “AP.” This being among the first 25 suites which contain an additional suite of engravings on Fusuma Gray paper, each signed by the artist and lettered “M/25”. Pennyroyal Checklist 42. Accompanied by a copy of the trade edition of Master Richard’s Bestiary. Translated by Jeanette Beer. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, [1986]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED BY MOSER on the title-page.
Property from the Collection of Mr. Barry Moser
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