Wesley W. Bates' Complete Wood Engravings for The Foresters

[Newtown, Pennsylvania]: Bird & Bull Press, 2000. Limited Edition. Folio. Fine. Bates, Wesley W.. First printing, limited to 150 copies, 14 pp. Wesley W. Bates (b. 1952) is an artist whose work is held in private collections in Canada, the United States, England, Ireland, Australia, Spain, Japan and China. Known as one of Canada's most accomplished wood engravers, Bates has since ventured into book illustration.

William Morris (of Bird & Bull), when planning for the book "The Foresters" (a poem descriptive of a 1300 mile trek from philadelphia to niagara falls in 1804) had originally intended for Gaylord Schenilac to provide the engravings; however, he was so pleased with Bates' work that he obtained permission to print and offer them as an independent set (n.b., from Wesley Bates' online CV and Biodiversity Heritage library).

___DESCRIPTION: Thirteen complete wood engravings plus engraved title sheet, encased in a plain paper wallet; sheets measure (8 1/2" x 11"), images range in length from 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" to 7" x 4" (including caption/title), issued in an edition of 150 copies (unnumbered).

___CONDITION: Leaves are fine overall, clean and without noticeable wear; the versos of plates show very minor offsetting from etching behind which is not visible on rectos, minor unintended crease on single plate, minor sunning and edgewear on paper wallet.

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