Notes on the Eragny Press, and a Letter to J.B. Manson. Edited with a Supplement by Alan Fern

Stock No. 15995

Authors: Lucien, PISSARRO (1863-1944)245

Cambridge: Privately printed [at the University Press], 1957

Privately printed for the author at the University Press, Cambridge. Post 8vo (8 x 5 ins); titlepage vignette and one woodcut illustration. pp [viii] + [52] Pages [17-38] consist of illustrations by Pissarro, and are numbered 1-11. Patterned paper-covered boards and grey spine lettered in black. Half title: Lucien Pissarro and the Eragny Press. With a Preface by Brooke Crutchley. "Lucien Pissarro and his work: a supplement / by Alan Fern" p 39-[51]. Five hundred copies of this book were printed and bound at the University Press, Cambridge for presentation by the University Printer to friends in printing and publishing Christmas 1957. A Fine copy with no internal markings. The two pieces by Lucien Pissarro were discovered among the papers of his friend, James Bolivar Manson, the artist and Director of the Tate Gallery from 1930 to 1938.