[Rarebooks] FS: THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER, 1/350 with Hand-Colored Illustrations by John Nash

[Charles Agvent]

SPENSER, Edmund (John Nash). THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER. CONTEYNING TWELVE 
AEGLOGUES PROPORTIONABLE TO THE TWELVE MONETHES ENTITLED TO THE NOBLE 
AND VERTUOUS GENTLEMAN MOST WORTHY OF ALL TITLES BOTH OF LEARNING AND 
CHEVALRIE MAISTER PHILIP SIDNEY. London: The Cresset Press, 1930. Folio 
(8" x 13") bound in parchment-backed cream silk boards. Copy #212 of 350 
copies printed on handmade paper and illustrated with a pictorial title 
page and 12 headpieces by John Nash, all hand-colored with the stencil 
process by the Curwen Press. Armorial bookplate of Boies Penrose II on 
the front pastedown. Covers spotted and a bit soiled, one corner 
slightly bruised; contents Fine. Overall Very Good, without the scarce 
dustwrapper. (#017979)        $250.00

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