1900 · Hammersmith
by (DOVES PRESS). TACITUS, CORNELIUS
Hammersmith: Doves Press, 1900. ONE OF 225 COPIES on paper (and five copies on vellum). 233 x 167 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 5/8"). 2 p.l. (first blank), xxxii pp., [1] leaf.Edited by J. W. Mackail.
Original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery (stamp-signed on rear pastedown), flat spine with gilt titling. In (original?) vellum-lipped slipcase lined with chamois. Front pastedown with armorial ex-libris of W. H. E. Baron van der Borch van Verwolde and with pencilled bibliographical note in German. Tidcombe DP-1; Tomkinson, p. 52. ◆Spine a little dust-soiled, naturally occurring variations in the grain of the vellum, faint spot of foxing to title page, otherwise (truncated)
Original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery (stamp-signed on rear pastedown), flat spine with gilt titling. In (original?) vellum-lipped slipcase lined with chamois. Front pastedown with armorial ex-libris of W. H. E. Baron van der Borch van Verwolde and with pencilled bibliographical note in German. Tidcombe DP-1; Tomkinson, p. 52. ◆Spine a little dust-soiled, naturally occurring variations in the grain of the vellum, faint spot of foxing to title page, otherwise (truncated)