John Piper's Stowe. With a Foreword by John Piper & a Commentary by Mark Girouard.




Book Description
Folio. First edition. Limited edition of 300 copies. Signed by John Piper on the limitation page and “Artist’s Copy”. Original marbled cloth binding by Smith Settle. Gilt to spine. Printed on French rag paper at Westerham Press. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Spine a little faded. Very slight foxing to boards and endpapers. Near fine.
Dealer Notes
‘Mr. Piper may go where he likes in the house and grounds, and is not to be molested’! The artist’s responses to Stowe are reproduced in a magnificent production and this was apparently his copy. Uncommon.
Author
Piper, John & Mark Girouard
Date
1983
Publisher
Westerham, Kent, Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery
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