Chaucer, GeoffreyBiblio.com
Chaucer, GeoffreyBiblio.com
The Pardoner's Tale
1966008457Chicago: Studio Press 1966. First Edition Thus . Unbound. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Bak Bronislaw. This is a livre d'artiste. Number 37 from a limited printing of 285 commercial copies with artist's signature in a neat blue ink hand to the limitation page. Oblong in a case 14.75 x 11.75 inches. With 83 loose illustrated leaves including the title page and leaves numbered 1 to 82. On Strathmore Ivory Antique. Each sheet is 14.5 x 11.5 inches. The text was hand-set in Cloister Black and impressions were pulled on a Washington hand press by Hedi Bak. Plate 45 with a slight smudge at top edge from printer's ink during press operation. A few other plates with a few other instances of minor off-setting from the printer as appears to be the case with most or all 285 copies produced for sale. Absolutely no creases or spotting observed. The sheets protected within a folding portfolio case of terracotta-colored cloth on semi-stiff boards. The front of the case with crisp dark brown titling. Modest bump to lower corner of case spine; else a lovely clean portfolio. Case by George Baer Chicago. Altogether a copy in Very Good Plus to Near Fine condition. 3 lbs. 12 oz. The woodcuts should be taken as a translation of Chaucer's tale into visual narrative rather than as illustrations. The woodcuts were originally made for a film and shown with narration on educational television stations. Bronislaw Marion "Bruno" Bak 1922-1981 was born in Poland. He was a concentration camp survivor of WWII. After the war he studied art in Mannheim and was part of the first generation of art students in Germany after the war. Bronislaw and his wife Hedi brought their lifelong passion for the pursuit of art to their adopted homeland of the USA in 1952. Bronislaw was an art professor at Dominican College in Racine Wisconsin during the 1960s and later was an associate professor of art at Georgia Southern College. At his death Bronislaw left a 30 year legacy of architectural commissions paintings sculpture and fine prints. <br/> <br/> Studio Press unknown
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