[FINE PRESS -- DOVES PRESS]. TENNYSON. Seven Poems & Two Translations. 1902. ONE OF 25 ON VELLUM.
Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 14, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$8,000 -
12,000
Lot Description
[FINE PRESS -- DOVES PRESS]. TENNYSON, Alfred Lord (1809-1892). Seven Poems & Two Translations. Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1902.
Small 4to. PRINTED ON VELLUM in red and black. Original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery, spine gilt-lettered. Provenance: C. S. Ascherson (1877-1945), British shipowner and father of actress Reneé Asherson (bookplate).
LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF 25 COPIES ON VELLUM of a total edition of 350 copies. Works by the Doves Press "completely without ornament or illustration...depended for their beauty almost entirely on the clarity of the type, the excellence of the layout, and the perfection of the presswork" (Cage). Thomas J. Cobden-Sanderson was fastidious about the quality of the vellum used, which emphasizes the simple beauty of the type designed by Emery Walker. Tidcombe DP4. A VERY FINE COPY.
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