LES AMOURS PASTORALES DE DAPHNIS ET CHLOE

N: The Ashendene Press, 1933. Traduction de Messie J. Amyot, editee et corrigee par Paul-Louis Courier. [Text in French]. Pp. [iv]+iv+164(last blank), printed in red & black, text illustrations (4 full page), the decorative initials drawn in blue by Graily Hewitt and his assistants, printer's mark C in red at colophon; narrow cr. 4to; qr. vellum, lettered and ruled in gilt, turquoise papered boards with vellum corner-tips, circular gilt design by Gwen Raverat at centre of upper board, the edges of the paper very slightly chipped; uncut; within patterned papered slipcase, which is slightly worn; lower hinge tender, a little light foxing; printed by C. H. St. John Hornby, The Ashendene Press, Chelsea, 1933. Edition limited to 310 copies; this being one of 290 copies printed on paper. Franklin pp. 242-3. *The penultimate book from The Ashendene Press. The wood-engraved illustrations by Gwen Raverat are described by Colin Franklin (The Ashendene Press, p. 243), as 'the only worthwhile original illustrations in an Ashendene book'. The Ashendene Daphnis et Chloe was intended for publication in 1931, but that edition was printed on Japanese vellum, and because the sheets were packed before the slow-drying ink had sufficiently hardened, all but 10 copies had to be destroyed.