5 volumes, 8vo. Each volume elaborately decorated in gilt and blind to a different pattern. Vol.I: tan morocco with overall floral decorative pattern in gilt and blind, the initials "HD" and "LD" on upper cover, edges gilt; Vol.II: teal morocco with overall gilt fish scale design surrounding the initials "HD" on upper cover and "LD" on lower cover, edges gilt; Vol.III: tan morocco with overall pinwheel pattern in gilt and blind with initials "HD" and "LD" on upper cover, edges gilt; Vol.IV: plum morocco with overall floral pattern gilt with initials "HD" on upper cover, edges gilt; Vol.V: green morocco with gilt Arabesque design surrounding initials "HD" and "LD" on upper cover, edges gilt (sunning to spines, a few covers very slightly bowed, some slight rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Sold Sothebys London, 1 April 1974, lot 17. 

Douglas Cockerell began his career under the apprenticeship of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, founder of the Doves Bindery. Cockerell's work influenced a generation of bookbinders including Francis Sangorski & George Sutcliffe, Elizabeth Greenhill, and Roger Powell, who would famously rebind the Book of Kells in 1953.