[Fine Binding | Douglas Cockerell | Essex House Press] The Hymn of Bardaisan Private Press but instead of stereographs or

but instead of stereographs or cabinet portraits

and incorporating the coat of arms of Charles I and Saint George's Cross

A beautiful example

“Nine Sonnets Written at Oxford was considered by many to be one of the finest collections of sonnets published during the nineteenth century” (Great Writers of the English Language

featuring a densely stippled and tooled Arabesque design to covers and spine

[Fine Binding | Douglas Cockerell | Essex House Press] The Hymn of Bardaisan Private Press but instead of stereographs orBurkitt, F. Crawford (translator). The Hymn of Bardaisan. London: Printed at the Press of the Guild of Handicraft Limited under the supervision of C. R. Ashbee [Essex House Press], 1899. Printed in Caslon in red and black on Batchelor handmade paper. Wood engraved initial and press mark. This copy was bound for (and bears the ex libris of) H. C. Marillier by Douglas Cockerell in niger morocco. Front cover features Marillier's initials and the date,