Cresset Press.- Apocrypha (The), one of 450 copies, wood-engravings

Cresset Press.- Apocrypha (The), according to the Authorized Version, number 137 of 450 copies, from an edition limited to 480, wood-engraved plates by Eric Ravilious, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes, Leon Underwood, Stephen Gooden, John Nash and others, 1929 § [Bacon (Sir Francis)] The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban, number 57 of 250 copies, printed in red & black, titles and initials by Joscelyne Gaskin, press's device on colophon, a few pencil underlinings & markings, 1928 § Ovid. The Heroycall Epistles, translated by George Turbeville, number VII of 30 copies on handmade paper, from an edition of 375, plates by Hester Sainsbury, 1928, all original vellum (the last stained green), t.e.g., most uncut, the first and last with roan label (rubbed), the last faded, printed at the Curwen or Shakespeare Head presses for the Cresset Press; and another from the press, folio & oblong 4to (4)

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