Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : a fourteenth century alliterative poem
Author:
Mascy, Hugh
Translator:
Greenwood, Ormerod
Illustrator:
Morgan, Roy
Illustrator:
Ireland, Geoffrey
Publisher:
Lion and Unicorn Press
Designer:
Royal College of Art
Printer:
Royal College of Art
Now attributed to Hugh Mascy, translated in the original metre by Ormerod Greenwood with twelve lithographs by Roy Morgan.
Issued in portfolio (text on 15 double leaves loose with 12 leaves of plates), with a 16-page introduction inserted.
[60] p : 12 col. plates ; 48 cm.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John
Production date: AD 1956
This edition is limited to 200 copies, printed on Precision Offset Cartridge paper. The text has been set in 19pt. Centaur by the University Press, Oxford. The lithographs have been drawn to the plate by the artist and printed by offset lithography. The title-page drawn by Geoffrey Ireland. Designed and printed at the Royal College of Art, London, 1956". Museum has copy no. 165 Binding: green cloth spine with patterned paper sides over boards.
Support
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paper
Illustrations
Accession number: PB 455-2003
Primary reference Number: 98461
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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