St. Dominic's Press.- Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae, [one of 220 copies], printed in black and red, wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill and Desmond Chute, Eric Gill's copy inscribed to him by Hilary Pepler "Eric Gill d.d. Hilary Pepler Intesto Nom. B.V.M. 12.ix,24" in ink at head of front free endpaper and with his bookplate, original cream linen, uncut, spotted, spine a little browned, [Taylor & Sewell A108], 4to, Ditchling, St.Dominic's Press, 1923. ⁂ A wonderful association copy of this Catholic prayer book from the founder of the St. Dominic's Press to his great friend and collaborator Eric Gill In 1915 Pepler had followed Gill to Ditchling where he established his press, and they founded the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic with other craftsmen including the artists David Jones & Desmond Chute and the stone-cutters Joseph & Laurie Cribb. Eventually Pepler and Gill fell out over money and Gill moved away to Capel-y-ffin near Aberystwyth, a break which Pepler regretted all his life.
St. Dominic's Press.- Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae, [one of 220 copies], printed in black and red, wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill and Desmond Chute, Eric Gill's copy inscribed to him by Hilary Pepler "Eric Gill d.d. Hilary Pepler Intesto Nom. B.V.M. 12.ix,24" in ink at head of front free endpaper and with his bookplate, original cream linen, uncut, spotted, spine a little browned, [Taylor & Sewell A108], 4to, Ditchling, St.Dominic's Press, 1923. ⁂ A wonderful association copy of this Catholic prayer book from the founder of the St. Dominic's Press to his great friend and collaborator Eric Gill In 1915 Pepler had followed Gill to Ditchling where he established his press, and they founded the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic with other craftsmen including the artists David Jones & Desmond Chute and the stone-cutters Joseph & Laurie Cribb. Eventually Pepler and Gill fell out over money and Gill moved away to Capel-y-ffin near Aberystwyth, a break which Pepler regretted all his life.
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