Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

Folio. 6 original leaves printed by the Kelmscott Press, the Ashendene Press, the Doves Press, the Vale Press, the Eragny Press, and the Essex House Press; interleaved with text as issued. Original cloth-backed boards; publisher's slipcase.

LIMITED EDITION, number 59 of 95 copies, signed by David Butcher, from a total edition of 185.

The Kelmscott, Ashendene, Doves, Vale, Eragny, and Essex House presses are considered to be forefathers of the modern private press movement, with particular praise given to each for the quality of print and materials used, the beauty of their typefaces, and the care given to each binding. The present volume includes tipped-in bifolium leaves from The Sundering Flood by William Morris as printed by the Kelmscott Press (1897), Vita di Santa Chiara Vergine composta per Ugolino Verino Cittadino Florentino as printed by the Ashendene (1921), Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle as printed by the Doves (1907), The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini as printed by the Vale (1900), Moralités Légendaires as printed by Eragny (1896), and The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio as printed by Essex House (1900).