DOVES PRESSThe English Bible, Containing the Old Testament & the New Translated Out of the Original Tongues by Special Command of His Majesty King James the First, 5 vol., ONE OF 500 COPIES ON PAPER, printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker with initials by Edward Johnston printed in red, some spotting (mostly to volumes 1 and 2, approximately 25 in volume 1, and 15 in volume 2 quite heavy), untrimmed in original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery (stamped on dentelles), gilt lettered spines, some slight soiling and discolouration as usual (volume 4 a little darker), folio (335 x 230mm.), Hammersmith, Doves Press, 1903-1905; sold with 2 original Doves Press receipts for volumes 1, and 4 and 5 of the "Bible", printed in red and black with buyer ("Mr. J. Guttridge"), price of volumes ("£3.3.0" each), and date of receipt ("17 June 1903" and "10 October 1905") filled in inkFootnotesFine association copy, belonging to one of the Doves Press compositors who worked on the Bible. The English Bible was the only folio printed by Cobden Sanderson and Emery Walker at the Doves Press, taking a little over two years to complete, in an edition of approximately 500 copies. Described by Colin Franklin as the Press's "magnum opus" (The Private Presses), it was printed using the font designed by Walker, the matrices, punches and type of which were later infamously thrown into the Thames from Hammersmith Bridge by Cobden-Sanderson, following the bitter dispute between the two printers. Provenance: J. Guttridge, his 2 original Doves Press receipts for the Bible included in the lot. Guttridge was one of two additional compositors taken on by the Press in 1902 to work specifically on the Bible under the guidance of John Henry Mason the chief compositor. Prior to starting on the Bible Guttridge and three new pressmen were "as an introduction to work at the Press... first employed on the [Doves] Tennyson" (Tidcombe, Doves Press, 2002. Guttridge is mentioned on the colophon as one of the compositors; by family descent to present vendor.
DOVES PRESSThe English Bible, Containing the Old Testament & the New Translated Out of the Original Tongues by Special Command of His Majesty King James the First, 5 vol., ONE OF 500 COPIES ON PAPER, printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker with initials by Edward Johnston printed in red, some spotting (mostly to volumes 1 and 2, approximately 25 in volume 1, and 15 in volume 2 quite heavy), untrimmed in original limp vellum by the Doves Bindery (stamped on dentelles), gilt lettered spines, some slight soiling and discolouration as usual (volume 4 a little darker), folio (335 x 230mm.), Hammersmith, Doves Press, 1903-1905; sold with 2 original Doves Press receipts for volumes 1, and 4 and 5 of the "Bible", printed in red and black with buyer ("Mr. J. Guttridge"), price of volumes ("£3.3.0" each), and date of receipt ("17 June 1903" and "10 October 1905") filled in inkFootnotesFine association copy, belonging to one of the Doves Press compositors who worked on the Bible. The English Bible was the only folio printed by Cobden Sanderson and Emery Walker at the Doves Press, taking a little over two years to complete, in an edition of approximately 500 copies. Described by Colin Franklin as the Press's "magnum opus" (The Private Presses), it was printed using the font designed by Walker, the matrices, punches and type of which were later infamously thrown into the Thames from Hammersmith Bridge by Cobden-Sanderson, following the bitter dispute between the two printers. Provenance: J. Guttridge, his 2 original Doves Press receipts for the Bible included in the lot. Guttridge was one of two additional compositors taken on by the Press in 1902 to work specifically on the Bible under the guidance of John Henry Mason the chief compositor. Prior to starting on the Bible Guttridge and three new pressmen were "as an introduction to work at the Press... first employed on the [Doves] Tennyson" (Tidcombe, Doves Press, 2002. Guttridge is mentioned on the colophon as one of the compositors; by family descent to present vendor.
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