[Cheloniidae Press] Browne, Sir Thomas. Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes

(Easthampton, Massachusetts): Cheloniidae Press, 1984. Limited edition, State Proof XII of only 15 state proof copies (from a total of 225), signed by the illustrator Alan James Robinson. 8vo. Illustrated with etched frontispiece portrait of Browne signed and titled by Robinson, and 16 wood-engravings printed in black and in green, by Robinson. Plus an additional suite of plates, each signed and numbered by Robinson, comprising one original signed graphite drawing, four state prints of the frontispiece, 14 state proof wood-engravings, and 29 working proof wood-engravings. Publisher's full limp vellum, lettered in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; suite of prints loose as issued and in paper folder and quarter vellum over oatmeal cloth chemise; together in matching quarter vellum fall-down-back box. Printed prospectus laid in.

With an additional printed prospectus, with an original signed drawing by Robinson.

A fine and scarce state proof copy, one of only 15.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.