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06401
English translation of de Voragine's Golden Legend, the popular compendium of saints' biographies.
06401
This translation of the Legenda aurea by William Caxton (c. 1422–1491) is the first English edition of Jacobus de Voragine's highly popular compendium of saints' lives. In Bridwell Library's copy, as in several others that survive, several leaves…
10016
Copy 247 of 450 on mould-made paper. Cresset Press commissioned fourteen artists for each of the books classified as apocryphal by King James Version.
10201
This copy of the book of Ecclesiastes was bound by Katherine Adams, one of the most accomplished English book binders of the early twentieth centuries. She bound this title for Charles H. St. John Hornby, Ashendene Press, and included his coat of…
10268
One of 40 printed copies. This printing of the Song of Songs features decorative typeface along with illumination.
10268
In 1901, Charles H. St. John Hornsby hired Florence Kingsford to illuminate 44 copies of the Ashendene Press edition of the Song of Songs, each with a different design. Bridwell Library's copy of the Ashendene Song of Songs, illuminated by Florence…
10296
Classic works by Virgil bound by Katherine Adams, one of the most accomplished English book binders of the early twentieth centuries. She bound this title for Charles H. St. John Hornby, Ashendene Press, and included his coat of arms on the cover.
10329
One of 500 copies. Decorated initials.
10363
Morris wanted a fifteenth-century style binding for the Chaucer, but Cobden-Sanderson, declining to produce a retrospective pastiche, convinced Morris to design it himself for the Doves Bindery to execute. This copy was presented by the book's…
10394
Printed by Cobden-Sanderson in a new, proprietary type, this Bible highlights their focus on art through layout and letterform.
10475
The frontispiece on this book created in collaboration with Diana White was "designed by Diana White & engraved on the wood by Esther Pissarro. The double border and initial letters were designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by Esther…
10597
Texts of the psalms in Arthur Golding's (1536–1606) English translation of John Calvin's (1509–1564) Latin from Hebrew. The art in this work is through the layout and fonts .
10600
Modernized spelling of text selected from the King James 1611 translation.
10601/A
As a concession to Puritan tastes, the first edition of the King James Bible has no illustrations aside from its title page, a second title page for the New Testament, a woodcut of Adam and Eve at the beginning of the genealogical tables, and a map…
10617
Copy 10 of 50, bound in green goatskin. Allix's illustrations are etchings and aquatints and reflect her idea that books represent a medium for creative expression.
10639-10640
Bound by Sarah Treverbian Prideaux, an independent binder whose style was inspired by Art Nouveau designs. This two volume set of Romanian folk songs features gilt-leather bindings.
10655
Copy 66 of 300. In this edition, Job is laid out as prose although the edition states that this book is poetry.
10705
Bound by Constance Karslake, an outstanding member of the Guild of Women-Binders. The binding bears the gold-tooled phrase "Guild of Women-Binders" inside the front cover, was also signed in ink on the front endpaper, "Constance Karslake, binder."
10714
Richly adorned Church of England prayer book from the nineteenth century.
10951
Copy 367 of 750. Robert Gibbings (1889–1958) arranged the text of Song of Songs as a playscript.
11002
Copy 12 of 12 vellum copies, one of 500 total. Large historiated initals are used in this printing of the King James Version of the four Gospels.
12072
Copy 25 of 285. Illustrations were printed from original wood blocks engraved by Stefan Martin. David Soshensky did a full-page calligraphy title.
12086 Folio
Copy 1 of 250 printed on Arches paper. Twenty-four original lithographs by Marc Chagall alongside exerpts from the story of Exodus.
12117-12118
The English dance of death includes influences from Holbein while updating characters to contemporary societal figures such as the The Waltz, The Lottery Office, and The Honeymoon. Added title-page, engraved. Bound in at the beginning of volume 2 is…
12145
Copy 97 of 200. Psalms 1, 23, 121, 128, and 150 are illustrated with silkscreen.
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