Romaunt Rose, Signed (3 results)

After producing a portfolio of plates titled 'Aphrodite', Brunskill purchased a nineteenth century Lion platen press built for Frederick Ulmer. 'The Romaunt of the Rose' was the second book printed on the press, with type composition by Edward Ash. The poem was started in French by Guillaume de Loris in 1237 and translated by Chaucer shortly thereafter. Edition limited to 75 copies, with an original double page etching signed by the artist, 290mm x 410mm, 54 pages printed on De Wint handmade paper, edges uncut, blind blocked frontis, vibrant pictorial boards; a fine copy.

French Text by Guillaume de Lorris. Etchings by Ann Brunskill. Folio, publisher's full white vellum by Bert Set, in slipcase. First edition; No. 5 of 75 copies, signed by Ann Brunskill; and one of 25 with seven original etchings. A few slight marks to the vellum; boards very slightly bowed; light spotting and use to slipcase.

First Rose edition, extra limited issue, letter C of five copies only on imperial japan vellum signed by the illustrator, each containing four original colour drawings by the surrealist artist Sir Francis Cyril Rose, from a limited edition of 725. Rose (1909-1979) was vigorously championed by Gertrude Stein, who famously said of him "Rose is a rose is a rose". His wife Frederica, Lady Rose (1910-2002), became a well known travel writer, notably on Corsica, under the name of Dorothy Carrington. Rose was, however, a noted homosexual and their marriage ended by a divorce in 1966. Quarto. With 25 illustrations (of which five full-page) by Sir Francis Cyril Rose, printed in collotype by Daniel Jacomet, most with tissue-guard, and four original illustrations in gouache, ink, and crayon. Publisher's deluxe red morocco by Huser of Paris, spine lettered in gilt, triple gilt fillet to turn-ins, gilt edges. Housed in a morocco-entry paper slipcase. Joints expertly restored, a little rubbed, internally fine. A very good copy.