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London: Nonesuch Press, 1928. 42 illustrations after the drawings by Sandro Botticelli, printed by Daniel Jacomet. No. 1006 of 1475 copies. Printed by the Westminster Press in Poliphilus Roman and Blado Italic on Van Gelder paper. Folio, bound in a very handsome American designer binding of full black morocco with an arresting design on both covers of onlaid red/tan morocco with gilt tooling round the shape and gilt ruled lines coming to points, gilt titling on spine, hand painted endpapers of acrylic on paper showing a representation of an inferno, top edge gilt, others uncut. A very good copy.||Bound by Joe Newman in 1990, this binding was exhibited at The Grolier Club in 1991 and is pictured in the catalogue of the show entitled ‘Contemporary American Bookbinding’ which was also on display at the Bibliotheque de l’Arsenal in Paris and the Bibliotheca Wittockiana in Brussels. Inserted loose is a compliments slip from the Grolier Club “Thank you for your participation in the exhibition… Read More

[London], The Nonesuch Press, 1928. . Limited edition, number 805 of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Bladfolio; text in Italian and English printed in parallel, 34 double-page and 8 full-page illustrations after the drawings of Sandro Botticelli; publisher's full orange-stained vellum, double gilt rule borders to upper and lower covers, central gilt device to both covers, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, a small area of browning to the fore-edge, only discernible when open and the pages are staggered, due to he deckled or unshaved nature of the text block, otherwise a fine copy. A sumptuous edition bound in orange vellum, this beautiful book was the most over-subscribed of all the Nonesuch publications. The production was beset with problems over the paper stock and the binding, therefore as a result, it is exceptionally rare to find such a superb copy without the usual fading to spine or splaying to covers. Dreyfus 50.