Linocut Christmas card depicting Three Kings; A Laudem Barbari (In Praise of the Savage): Crawshaw's Congeries; Palatino type specimen; A Straw-hatted Lady in her Garden, by Charles Astbury.

(Ashby Lane Press) - Christmas card

Published by Linocut Christmas cards, two books, various samples, printed by Bryan Foster at the Ashby Lane Press, Bitteswell, 1986 & 1987.

About this Item

The Christmas card printed GREETINGS and calligraphically inscribed "And thanks for the cheque Bryan Foster"; original decorative envelope. All fine. Ad laudem barbari. Edited by B.K. Foster. With two drawings by Rigby Graham and Tony Hall. One of 100 copies printed in Bell sewn into pictorial wrappers (1986); Crawshaw's Congeries of avid calligraphers, 9 linocuts printed in colours, sewn into pictorial wrappers (1987).

Seller Inventory # 10675

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Linocut Christmas card depicting Three Kings; A Laudem Barbari (In Praise of the Savage): Crawshaw's Congeries; Palatino type specimen; A Straw-hatted Lady in her Garden, by Charles Astbury.
• Publisher: Linocut Christmas cards, two books, various samples, printed by Bryan Foster at the Ashby Lane Press, Bitteswell, 1986 & 1987.
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fine Press