1913 · Chelsea
by (ASHENDENE PRESS). LUCRETIUS
Chelsea: In aedibus St J. Hornby [Ashendene Press], 1913. ONE OF 65 PAPER COPIES offered for sale, of 85 printed (and five copies on vellum for sale). 290 x 200 mm. (11 1/2 x 8"). 4 p.l. (including 3 blanks), 256 pp.
Original vellum-backed blue paper boards, gilt lettering on spine, edges untrimmed. Six hand-painted initials by Graily Hewitt (the first in gold, the others in blue), hand-painted flourishes at the beginning of each book. Printed in red and black in Subiaco type. Hornby 27; Franklin, p. 239. ◆Faint soiling to vellum spine and blue boards, a few light spots of foxing to endpapers, otherwise a very fine copy, quite clean, fresh, and (truncated)
Original vellum-backed blue paper boards, gilt lettering on spine, edges untrimmed. Six hand-painted initials by Graily Hewitt (the first in gold, the others in blue), hand-painted flourishes at the beginning of each book. Printed in red and black in Subiaco type. Hornby 27; Franklin, p. 239. ◆Faint soiling to vellum spine and blue boards, a few light spots of foxing to endpapers, otherwise a very fine copy, quite clean, fresh, and (truncated)