Front Cover	Back Cover
Front cover gold leaf, and is repeated on back cover.
Flyleaf	Inscribed on the flyleaf “To Mr. Montgomery Pionelt (?). This little book the first born of the Auvergne Press. December 20th, 1896.” Signed W.H Winslow, Chauncey L. Williams.
Title Page	Title Page Detail
The design for the title page was an interpretation of Viollet-le-Duc’s winged Beaux-Arts female figures.  The overlapping circles repeat a similar treatment he designed into the Francis Apartments, and the multiple female figures appears one year later in the Heller House frieze.  It also has similarities to the title page for “The House Beautiful” (1896-7).  Note the Wright logo bottom right corner, a cross within a circle: See Wright's 1903 Letterhead (top left hand corner).
Title Page Detail	Title Page Detail
Title page was printed on rice paper and glued or laminated to the paper.
Printer’s Device	Text Detail Printer’s Device Detail Auvergne Press printer’s device, designed by Wright, includes overlapping Ws which represented the three partners.
Francis Apartments	Francis Apartments Note the Wright logo designed into the upper part of the gate.  A cross within a circle.
Heller House	Heller House

YEAR	TITLE	AUTHOR	DESCRIPTION	PAGES	ST#
1896	The Eve of St. Agnes (Published by Auvergne Press, River Forest, Illinois) Known copies to exist; FLLW Foundation; Newberry Library, Chicago, Il; Chapin Library, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts; Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For more information see “The Decorative Designes of FLW”, 1979, Hanks, pp 32 169-73 200 171.	Keats, John, with an appreciation by Leigh Hunt.	“Printed on a hand press by William H. Winslow & Chauncey L. Williams (both were Wright neighbors and clients), for pleasure and their friends, at The Auvergne Press, River Forest, Illinois; and finished the 19th day of December 1896. This copy is number 14 of an edition of sixty five copies, printed on hand-made paper. The title page of this little book is from a design especially made for it by Frank L. Wright.”  Title page published in: “FLW Graphic Artist” 2002, Fowler, page 16. “FLW & The Book Arts”, 1993, Hamilton, page 44. “FLW Retrospective”, 1991, page 227; “The Decorative Designes of FLW”, 1979, Hanks, page 171;  "FLW An Annotated Bibliography", 1977, Sweeney, plate 1. Printer’s device published in “FLW Graphic Artist” 2002, Fowler, page 15;  “FLW & The Book Arts” 1993, Hamilton, page 48.  5 x 8.  (First Edition)  (Sweeney 22)	Pp 27	0022.00.1106

 

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