Antigone

£12,000 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Near fine, slightest of bump to head of spine, slipcase lightly rubbed, neat bookplate of John Roland Abbey to ffep. A stunning binding by Jacques Anthoine-Legrain, stepson and assistant to the great Pierre Legrain, with a striking design combining the hardness of a large typographic ‘A’ with gentle curves formed of incised parallel lines.

• Year: 1945

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