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BENEDICITE OMNIA OPERA  
  [All ye works of the Lord, Praise ye the Lord]

Letterpress printed by hand in two colours on crean laid paper. Hand-marbled endpapers. Handbound in board covers. Limited edition of 50 signed and numbered copies. 33 pages. Approx 69mm x 53mm. £9 or US$ 15.

 

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DESIDERATA

"Go placidly amid the noise and haste" - beloved of all who lived thro the late 1960's or early 1970's when to have this text in poster form on the wall was an essential part of life. This printing is for miniature book collectors as it measures around 70mm x 50mm. The text is set in 10pt Goudy Old Style, and printed by hand on 115gsm white cartridge paper. The text is black with red initial letters in Pepita Script. Page decorations on each verso are leaf motifs in gold ink from line blocks which are reduced images of real leaves printed from nature. 200 signed and numbered copies in board covers.
£12 or US$20.

 

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THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON

Extracts from one of the apocryphal books of the Bible. Written in Greek, about 110 B.C., this English version, measuring 70 x 52mm is letterpress printed in red and black. It describes the attributes of Sophia, Goddess of Wisdom, and clarifies many of Christ's references to the Kingdom, the Holy Spirit, and immortality. 28 copies are for sale, out of an edition of 150.
 £8 or US$10.