Fine Books and Manuscripts

Nimphidia and the Muses Elizium. London: Ballantyne Press (for Vale Press), 1896.8vo, finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full green morocco, front and rear covers with gilt floral vine patterns, spine with six gilt-lettered or florally decorated compartments divided by gilt topped raised bands, gilt dentelles, orange silk doublures and free endpapers, t.e.g. Woodcut frontispiece and border by Charles Ricketts. Spine darkened; small brown spot to title page; bookplate tipped to f.f.e.p.