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[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. HERRICK, Robert (1591?1674). Poems Chose...

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[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. HERRICK, Robert (1591?1674). Poems Chosen Out of the Works of? Edited by F.S. Ellis. [Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895]. 8vo. Printed in Golden type red and black, woodcut title?page and facing page with full woodcut page?border, 12?line and smaller initial capitals. Original limp vellum, gilt?lettered spine, yapp edges, silk ties, several signatures unopened. LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies on Flower paper from a total edition of 258 printed by William Morris. Work began in the late spring of 1895 and by the last two days before publication on 4 February 1896 all but four copies were unsold. A Note by William Morris 37; Franklin, Private Presses, p. 191; Peterson A37; Ransom, Kelmscott 37.