[Elm Press | Peter Verburg] Cowley, Abraham. Essays. E-List 13 with full-page decorations and initials

with full-page decorations and initials on every page by H

Appears to have been used as a guest book by a single family from 1920-1967

corners bumped

Green cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine

of which this is #136

[Elm Press | Peter Verburg] Cowley, Abraham. Essays. E-List 13 with full-page decorations and initialsCowley, Abraham. Essays. Highland Park, IL: Elm Press, 1902. Limited to 110 copies on Bachelor paper, printed by Everett Lee Millard. Includes a portrait on India paper from an old engraving by W. Faithorne. The initials have been designed by the bookbinder Peter Verburg, featuring design elements often seen in his bindings. Grey paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Gilt lettering to spine. Small bookplate on front pastedown. A beautiful copy