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[ASHENDENE PRESS] I fioretti del glorioso poverello di Cristo. s. Francesco di Assisi.

[ASHENDENE PRESS] I fioretti del glorioso poverello di Cristo. s. Francesco di Assisi. Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1922. One of 240 copies printed on paper (and 12 on vellum). Original limp vellum with yapped edge and green silk ties, housed in a protective clamshell case. 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches (22 x 15 cm); [2], x, 239, [1] pp., with woodcuts by Charles Gere cut by J.B. Swain, printed in red, blue and black, with initials designed by Grail Hewitt. Slight discoloration to the front paste-down from a bookplate whose adhesive has dried, in all a fine copy. Printed in the Subiaco type, this was the last Ashendene book in Italian to emerge from the press. Ashendene Bibliography XXXI. C Estate of Richard D. Friedlander