£1,750
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 | 616
Auction: Decorative Arts: Design since 1860
number 278 of 400 copies on paper, printed in red and black in Endeavour and Prayer Book types, woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments by W. Hooper and Clemence Housman after C.R.Ashbee, printed by Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswood, London, original calf-backed oak boards with woven leather straps and metal clasps, by the Guild of Handicraft under the direction of Miss A. Power, bears the Guild mark at the foot of rear turn-in, uncut, 4to; includes a KEY TO THE PRINCIPAL DECORATIONS IN THE PRAYER BOOK OF KING EDWARD VII., AS DESIGNED AND CARRIED OUT BY C.R. ASHBEE.; and a publicity leaflet for the book from The Cambridge Society
Note: The Prayer Book of Edward VII was largest book produced by the Essex House Press and Ashbee's magnum opus, for which he designed the Prayer Book typeface.