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KELMSCOTT PRESS -- [Godefrey of Bologne.] Announcement and order form, 8° (205 x 148mm), 4ll. Peterson C5 [with:] a specimen page, printed in red and black, woodcut initial and part-border, 4° (285 x 200mm). Peterson D1.2 [and:] order form, one page, oblong 8° (162 x 192mm). 3 items bound in one volume. (Light spotting.) Contemporary holland-backed blue boards [?by J. & J. Leighton] (spine slightly spotted). Provenance: Robert George Collier Proctor (1868-1903, bookplate).
PROCTOR'S COPY OF THE RARE BOUND PROSPECTUS FOR GODEFREY OF BOLOGNE, with eight other announcements and specimen pages. According to Sparling, 'A few copies only [of the Godefrey of Bologne. announcement, specimen page and order form] were bound in half holland, not for sale'. This copy is from the library of Robert Proctor, the celebrated bibliophile and friend of Morris, who advised both Morris and then Cockerell on typography.
PROCTOR'S COPY OF THE RARE BOUND PROSPECTUS FOR GODEFREY OF BOLOGNE, with eight other announcements and specimen pages. According to Sparling, 'A few copies only [of the Godefrey of Bologne. announcement, specimen page and order form] were bound in half holland, not for sale'. This copy is from the library of Robert Proctor, the celebrated bibliophile and friend of Morris, who advised both Morris and then Cockerell on typography.
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