Virginibus Puerisque
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Book and photographs courtesy of Dick Blacher. Commentary by Paul Jackson
Virginibus Puerisque
by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1903
#25 of 100, this is a probable Louis Herman Kinder binding.
The book measures 7 7/8" x 5 1/4" and
has 77 pages. The body of the text is set in Elzevir and the regular
suede
edition is printed on Roycroft handmade paper. 100 copies were printed on
Japan Vellum and bound 3/4
Levant. The binding variants on the regular
edition on Roycroft paper include
modeled leather, incised leather and a
parchment binding.
This book was listed in the 1903 catalog and sold for $10.00