GREGYNOG PRESS. ~ The Life of Saint David.
25 hand coloured wood engravings by R.A. Maynard and H.W. Bray. One of 150 ordinary copies, this no. 129, (there were also 25 specials bound in morocco). Chapter openings in pale blue, initial letters printed in red and paragraph marks in red ink, drawn with a quill by Bray. Sm. 4to., original limp vellum with gilt lettering on the spine, housed in the original card slipcase with a red and white label on upper cover. The book is fresh and crisp and in extraordinarily good condition, with only a little rubbing to the edges of the slipcase.
The text is based upon the Latin Life by the 11th century Rhygyfarch and the charming engravings illustrate each short chapter in the Welsh patron saint's life story. A beautiful and relatively scarce early Gregynog book.