[Bertha Gorst | Tipped-In Proof Bookplates] Gothic Book-plates E-List 16 Lawrence [Laurence] Housman

Lawrence [Laurence] Housman

A subtle pattern of gilt dots accents the cover throughout

Me Bees my Doves My

Vellum boards with some light rubbing to edges and corners

This border is then flanked by intertwining serpentine vines and gilt flowers sprouting from the top

[Bertha Gorst | Tipped-In Proof Bookplates] Gothic Book-plates E-List 16 Lawrence [Laurence] HousmanGorst, Bertha [and] Ruskin, John. Gothic Book plates: Being certain passages from 'The Nature of Gothic,' by John Ruskin, & certain Book plates by Bertha Gorst, H. R. E., (Mrs. John G. Aikin). Kansas City: H. Alfred Fowler, 1912. Limited to 250 copies on Italian handmade paper, 12 copies on Japan vellum, and 3 copies on Roman vellum. Seven proof copperplate impressions of bookplates designed by Bertha Gorst, with the frontispiece being signed.