11. Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Carmina Sapphica, one of 150 copies on Japanese paper , printed in red and black in Subiaco type, initials by hand by Graily Hewitt, the first in gold, the rest in red or blue, Michael Hornby’s copy with his bookplate on front free endpaper, original limp vellum, yapp edges, [Hornby XVII], 8vo, Ashendene Press, 1903 with the facsimile reprint of the miniature edition of 1923 , introduction by Michael Hornby, number 93 of 150 copies, original morocco, gilt, g.e., 35mm. x 25mm., with prospectus loose in original cloth folder, together in original morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, spine gilt, 8vo, Boston, Anne & David Bromer, 1983 and Hornby (Charles Harry St.John) Hymns and Prayers for use at the Marriage of Michael Hornby and Nicolette Ward..., printed in red and black, sewn in original blue printed wrappers, uncut, spine very lightly faded, slight crease to upper cover, small 4to, Ashendene Press, Printed by the Father of the Bridegroom at His Private Press, 1928, v.s.
est. £700 – £900
St.John Hornby was commissioned to print a miniature book for the library of Queen Mary’s Dolls House. This was printed in 1923 from photographically-reduced plates of the Carmina Sapphica . As the Bromers state in the prospectus to their facsimile edition, “Fewer than ten copies of the book were ever known; of these, probably less than five survive.”