Browning Printed on Vellum, with Hand-Illumination
The Flight of the Duchess.
Browning, Robert.
[London: Essex House Press, 1905].
Price:
$1,600.00
About the item
Great Poems Series No. 14. First edition, no. 3 of 125 on vellum. Frontispiece by Paul Woodroffe and illuminated letters by Raymond Binns; printed in Caslon. 8vo. Vellum boards, blindstamped on cover, spine gilt. Some toning to boards, spotting around edges, lightly soiled, but overall very good, with tissue guards, some spotting within, in custom decorative paper slipcase and chemise that has kept the form of the book well. Ransom, p. 41, 269, Essex House 60.
Item #377708
Established by Laurence Hodson and C.R. Ashbee in connection with the Guild of Handicraft in 1898, the Essex House Press was manned by former employees of the Kelmscott Press, who were using most of the Kelmscott equipment.
