John Montague
The Rough Field, 1972
Dublin: Dolmen Press
One of 150 copies. Signed by the author.
2084
Octavo. 80pp. Throughout are hand-colored woodcuts adapted from those fashioned by John Derricke for the 1581 edition of The Image of Irelande with a Discoverie of Woodkarne. When paired with...
Octavo. 80pp. Throughout are hand-colored woodcuts adapted from those fashioned by John Derricke for the 1581 edition of The Image of Irelande with a Discoverie of Woodkarne. When paired with Montague's historically articulate poetry, the images evoke the long course of printing in Ireland and its close ties to poetry and cultural identity. Bound in quarter brown morocco with green paper over boards. Minor rubs to head and foot of spine, else fine. Pages unopened. T.e.g.
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