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![ASHENDENE PRESS -- MILTON, John (1608-74). Three Poems. [London:] The Ashendene Press, 1896. 4° (219 x 155mm). One page within red woodcut border and two pages within black woodcut border. Modern blue morocco gilt, gilt spine. Provenance: Charles Harry St. John Hornby (1867-1946; gift inscriptions dated 1896 to:) -- Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868-1928) and Esther Smith -- William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden (1903-1948; book label).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_08952_0197_000(ashendene_press_--_milton_john_three_poems_london_the_ashendene_press084734).jpg?w=1)
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ASHENDENE PRESS -- MILTON, John (1608-74). Three Poems. [London:] The Ashendene Press, 1896. 4° (219 x 155mm). One page within red woodcut border and two pages within black woodcut border. Blue morocco gilt by W.H. Smith, gilt spine. Provenance: Charles Harry St. John Hornby (1867-1946; gift inscriptions dated 1896 to:) -- Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden (1868-1928) and Esther Smith -- William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden (1903-1948; book label).
LIMITED EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY from the printer Charles Harry St. John Hornby to Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden and his wife Esther Smith. The type used is Fell great-primer, and the paper was specially made by Joseph Barchelor & Sons, of Little Chart: it was the first paper made by them for the Press. The present copy is no. 8 of 50 copies. Steele pp. 45-48; Hornby IV.
LIMITED EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY from the printer Charles Harry St. John Hornby to Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden and his wife Esther Smith. The type used is Fell great-primer, and the paper was specially made by Joseph Barchelor & Sons, of Little Chart: it was the first paper made by them for the Press. The present copy is no. 8 of 50 copies. Steele pp. 45-48; Hornby IV.