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New Private Press catalogue!

Celebrating those who have upheld the living, thriving art of the private press in the UK.

https://t.co/L6xODuGqBb

Spotlight on illustrated books: Arthur Rackham's illustrations for J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1907) has just joined our shelves! Such intricate detail on each plate. We love it.

Full description here: https://t.co/YdajZeWqA4

The best-known painting of the moonflower by Margaret Mee is at @kewgardens, but she also owned a painting of it (see pic), which was sold on behalf of her estate by T&F partner Mark James in 2008 in the Sotheran's catalogue 'Margaret Mee. Works on Paper, Books, Artefacts'. https://t.co/HhFF4B21iY

What did we bring to the Firsts book fair? Not only books & manuscripts, but also prints! Get the bigger picture at @firstslondon: https://t.co/Rf63PKqNrA #hogarth #dürer #botany

We could not say it better than this card we received from (and made by) Gordon Chesterman.

A happy, healthy, and joyful new year from Type & Forme!

#HNY2021

Spotlight on book illustrators, part 3: Joseph Banks' London workshop: When Joseph Banks returned from his circumnavigation onboard HMB Endeavour he hired a host of artists and engravers to translate Sydney Parkinson’s botanical drawings from the journey into engravings. 🧵

Many thanks to The Book Collector for this shoutout for our virtual gallery talk!

If you enjoy rare book history we highly recommend the @BookCollectoruk podcasts!

#bookhistory in the #media - what are your recommendations? https://t.co/PRDiqqTRBz

Parkinson’s genius is particularly obvious in the beautiful colour prints that were made from the original plates for Joseph Banks’ Florilegium ca 200 years after the Endeavour (sans Parkinson) returned. Our 2019 exhibition catalogue: https://t.co/20oGx2mKUv #josephbanks #histsci https://t.co/Wr79QjZnYR

Two copies good--many copies much, much better! A fascinating piece about collecting #Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. Here is the first edition with both red and green dustwrappers (both apparently issued simultaneously), courtesy of @ChristiesBKS
#books #1984 #firsteditions https://t.co/Xwp5OmjzRs

...we will be bringing rare plates from Banks’ Florilegium, showing the plants he collected on Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyage in all their splendour, to @firstslondon! Visit us at stand N08 & see more #travel rarities in our joint stand with Charlotte Du Rietz #rarebooks #london