The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. With twelve aquatints by Patrick Procktor.

(Editions Alecto) Coleridge (Samuel Taylor).

Published by Royal 4to, pp.vii[1],34 [+ inserted plates & extra plates] Published by Editions Alecto, London, [1976].

About this Item

Handset in 20-pt. Palatino Italic, with side-notes in 9-pt. Century Schoolbook bold, and printed on Barcham Green Crisbrook hand-made paper. Number 8 of 110 (135) copies signed by the artist. Title-page lettering by Sebastian Carter. Quarter blue canvas with morocco label gilt, special patterned sides in blue and grey, grey handmade endpapers, blue canvas slipcase. A fine copy, tissue-guarded. Printed at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. Although Patrick Procktor (1936-2003) did most work as an independent printmaker, his sequence of `Ancient Mariner' aquatints are amongst his most memorable compositions. They are loosely based on Dore's famous engravings but possess elements of camp fantasy very different from the former's gothick imaginings. The series begins with a portrait of Coleridge and ends with a self-portrait and displays throughout a preference for non-realistic colour and flatness of surface in an edgy formulation. The text was printed in grey so as not to swamp the delicate lines of the engravings. (RLP 67).

Seller Inventory # 1994

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. With twelve aquatints by Patrick Procktor.
• Publisher: Royal 4to, pp.vii[1],34 [+ inserted plates & extra plates] Published by Editions Alecto, London, [1976].
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fine Press