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Feb '80
Duschnes, N.Y. $15.00

The English Bible O.T - Issiah 24, 25, 26
The Doves Press, No. 1, The Terrace, Hammersmith:
Issued - June 1903 - June 1905. (sixth vol. from the press.)
printed by T.J. Cobden - Sanderson + Emery Walker
(13 1/4 x 9 1/4") Large + to. In 5 Volumes. Printed in red + black.
1982/$2750 33.5 x 23.5 500 copies on paper at 15 guineas, 2 not for sale
on vellum. Vol. I has initials only in red, the other volumes
are in black + red. Darlowt Moule #2139.
The King James version ed. by Rev. F. H. Serivener for the
syndics of the Univ. Press, Cambridge England + printed
by E. Walker + T. J. Cobden - Sanderson (1840 - 1922). The work is
printed in "Doves Type" a "translation" of the famous
15th C font of Jenson by Walker. [inserted] Pliny-1476 [end inserted] The Dove Type's
frequently referred to as the finest formal book type
of all time. The text was set by one compositor
Type Destroyed (J. H. Meson) + printed on a one-hand press. This
monumental Bible is nevertheless one of the greatest
typographical masterpieces produced.
Trinity of great English Private Presses.
1) Kelmscott - began Jan 1891
2) Ashendene Press 1894 - '35 C. H. St. John Hornby
3) Doves Press established by Thomas James C. -
(51 titles) Sanderson + E. Walker in 1900.
1st volume, Angricola - Jan 1901
Final ed. Dec. 1916 - Catalogue Raisonne
Z 239.2 Gunst
D7 D8

Ae Rumi Machean has remarked, the pages of the Doves
press books were the most devastating criticism ever
made of Morris's works at the Kelmscott Press. Completely
without ornament or illustration, they depended on their
beauty almost entierly upon the clarity of the type, the
excellence of the layout + the perfection of the paperwork.
- Pillard called it the first Roman Type in existence.