hildegardavon:John Buckland Wright, 1897-1954Venus summoning the sea-gods’ from The Most Ple
hildegardavon: John Buckland Wright, 1897-1954Venus summoning the sea-gods’ from The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyches [sic]. Printed by J. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, for J.B.W. Editions, 1936. Dunedin Public Art Gallery. No.120-1993. University of Otago The second ‘J.B.W.’ publication was The Marriage of Cupid and Psyches [sic], which appeared in 1936. In a colophon note not used, JBW stated that the engravings were printed by himself using a special ink made from a recipe of Joseph Hecht’s which was itself based on fifteenth century formulas. The war put an end to any further ‘JBW’ experiments. 'Venus summoning the sea-gods’ is one of ten copper engravings in the book. -- source link