History of Saint Louis: By John, Lord of Joinville Seneschal of Champagne translated from the French text edited by Natalis de Wailly by Joan Evans.

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1937. GREGYNOG PRESS; DE WAILLY, Natalis|EVANS, Joan. One of the Most Impressive Books from the Gregynog Press

GREGYNOG PRESS. DE WAILLY, Natalis, [editor]. EVANS, Joan, [editor]. JOINVILLE, Jean, Sieur de. The History of Saint Louis. By John, Lord of Joinville Seneschal of Champagne translated from the French text edited by Natalis de Wailly by Joan Evans. Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1937.

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[GREGYNOG PRESS]. [JOINVILLE, Jean, Sieur de]. The History of Saint Louis by John, Lord of Joinville, Seneschal of Champagne. Translated from the French text edited by Natalis de Wailly by Joan Evans. [Newtown, Montgomeryshire]: The Gregynog Press, 1937.

Limited to 200 numbered copies, this being number 176. Folio (13 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches; 342 x 238 mm.). [2, blank], [6], 157, [1, blank], [9], [1, blank] pp. Printed in Poliphilus type on Arnold and Foster handmade paper. Openings and initial letters, printed in red and pale blue, designed by Alfred J. Fairbank and cut on wood by R. John Beedham. Seventeen hand-colored armorial shields, identified by A. van der Put and engraved on wood by Reynolds Stone. Two maps drawn by Berthold Wolpe and lettered by Alfred J. Fairbank.

One of 183 copies bound in full dark brown oasis. Front cover stamped in gilt with the arms of St. Louis. Gilt-lettered spine with five raised bands. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Stamp-signed on rear pastedown: "Gregynog Press Bindery". Two previous owner's bookplate on front endpapers. A fine copy.

"The book is one of the most impressive to come from Gregynog, and due credit must be given to James Wardrop for this sumptuous production to which several well known artists contributed" (Harrap, p. 158).

Harrop 37.

HBS 68816.

$2,350.