[Fine Binding | Douglas Cockerell | Essex House Press] The Hymn of Bardaisan E-List 15 opening initial

opening initial

The "Colorado Edition" (noted at the bottom of both spines)

she took rather haughty issue with the 'charge that art is so selfishly occupied with her own perfection' that she 'has no desire to teach or improve

With 68 fine color plate illustrations from the watercolor paintings of Ella Du Cane

along with a 19-line opening initial in red

[Fine Binding | Douglas Cockerell | Essex House Press] The Hymn of Bardaisan E-List 15 opening initialBurkitt, 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,