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[CRESSET PRESS] PAINTER, William (1540?1594). The Palace of...
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[CRESSET PRESS] PAINTER, William (1540?1594). The Palace of Pleasure, one of 30 special numbered copies. London: Cresset Press, 1929. 4 vols. Small 4to. Introduction by Hamish Miles. Limited to 530 numbered copies, this being number 24 of 30 SPECIAL NUMBERED COPIES printed on hand-made paper and bound in full vellum with leather spine labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Printed at the Oxford University Press in Poliphilus type. Illustrated by Douglas Percy Bliss (1900?1984) with pochoir color frontispieces and black & white headpieces throughout. Housed in original slipcase (rarely seen). A FINE AND ATTRACTIVE SET OF THIS RARE LIMITATION. Provenance: From the private library of a local Chicago collector, part one.
