Doves Press
First editions and rare books published by the Doves Press.
(DOVES, PRESS) TACITUS.
Cornelii Taciti de Vita et Moribus iulii Agricolae Liber. 1900
£550
First Doves Press edition, first impression. A biography of the author's father-in-law, the general and governor of Roman Britain, Gnaeus Julius Agricola. As well as a biography it...
Octavo. Original limp vellum, titles to spine gilt. A few light marks to vellum. An excellent copy. Read more
(DOVES PRESS) SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Rape of Lucrece. 1915
£475
First Doves Press edition, first impression. One of 175 copies on paper, from a total print run of 185 copies. Very handsomely bound.
Octavo (223 × 155 mm). Recent reddish-brown morocco by Bayntun, titles to spine and upper board gilt, marbled endpapers, all edge gilt. Bookplate. An excellent... Read more
(DOVES PRESS) COBDEN-SANDERSON, T. J.
Amantium Irae. Letters to Two Friends 1864–1867. 1914
£475
First edition, first impression. One of 150 copies on paper out of a total limited edition of 153 copies. Letters to Viscount and Viscountess Amberley: John Russell (1842–1876)...
Octavo. Original limp vellum, titles to spine gilt. In a marbled slipcase. Portrait frontispiece. Vellum naturally mottled. An excellent copy. Read more
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Pervigilium Veneris. 1910
£350
First Doves Press edition, first impression. One of 150 copies on paper out of a total limited edition of 162 copies. A Latin poem of the third or fourth century AD, "The Vigil of...
Octavo. Original limp vellum, titles to spine gilt. In a marbled slipcase. Two bookplates to front pastedown, one to rear pastedown. Bubbling to pastedowns,... Read more
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In Principio erat Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus erat Verbum. 1911
£350
First Doves Press edition of the creation account from Genesis.
Sextodecimo. Original brown calf by the Doves Bindery, titles to spine and upper board, turn-ins, and all edges gilt. Small catalogue slip tipped-in on front free... Read more
