Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

3 c   (DOVES PRESS.) Milton, John. Areopagitica. Printed in black by T. J. Cobden- Sanderson & Emery Walker. Small 4to, publisher’s full limp gilt-lettered vellum, spine faded, light wear; scattered light ink splattering to deckles, bleeding into margins of a few leaves, mostly signature D. one of 300 unnumbered copies . one of the earliest and most important works on the freedom of speech and of a free press .   Franklin 275; Tidcombe 12. (Hammersmith, 1907)   [400/600] 4 c   (ESSEX HOUSE PRESS.) A Key to the Principal Decorations in the Prayer Book of King Edward VII as designed and carried out by C R. Ashbee. Large woodcut initial and tail-piece. 16 pages. Folded single sheet, uncut and unopened; light foxing to deckle and folds. First printing. Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, 1904   [200/300] 5 c   (ESSEX HOUSE PRESS.) The Psalter or Psalms of David from the Bible of Archbishop Cranmer. Woodcut historiated initials by C. R. Ashbee throughout. Text printed in red and black. 4to, original blue vellum with green cloth ties, gilt-lettered spine faded, portions of covers slightly, but less so; custom folding cloth chemise gilt-lettered morocco and cloth slipcase, scuffed. number 113 of 250 paper copies . Ransom, page 266, 22. London and New York, 1902   [300/400] 3 4 5