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Elsie and the child : Arnold Bennett : Cassell & Co , London, 1929 : illustrations by Edward McKnight Kauffer

Some of artist Edward McKnight Kauffer's finest illustrations appear in the 1929 edition of Arnold Bennett's "Elsie and the Child". Published in a limited edition by Cassell & Comapny, La Belle Sauvage, London, it was printed at the Curwen Press the illustrations are amongst some of the finest examples of commercial printing and used hand coloured stencils to produce the colour plates - also known as the pochoir method from the French. One of the plates also appears in the 1931 Curwen Miscellany.

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Uploaded on January 15, 2023