Description

The Curwen Press edition of Sir Thomas Browne’s Urne Burriall is one of the great illustrated books of the twentieth century. Thirty illustrations, 14 being full page, by artist Paul Nash.

They were printed in collotype and hand-coloured using a pochoir stencilling process developed at the Curwen Press.

Printed on J. Barcham Green s handmade paper in an edition of 215, this is edition number 59.

Published by Cassell and Co. Ltd this is the book on which Nash s reputation as a book illustrator is based.

Bound in green leather with linen and housed in a green slipcase.