[Fine Binding | Bumpus] Epithalamion and Amoretti E-List 33 Zaehnsdorf “exhibition” stamp at rear

Zaehnsdorf “exhibition” stamp at rear

also done with inlaid red and dark green morocco

a beautiful copy of this very scarce example of Hyde's work

Following the final plate

[Fine Binding | Bumpus] Epithalamion and Amoretti E-List 33 Zaehnsdorf “exhibition” stamp at rearSpenser, Edmund. Epithalamion and Amoretti. London: John & E. Bumpus Ltd, 1903. Frontispiece etching of Spenser by C. Bird and central title page vignette of Elizabeth Boyle. Text features elaborate engraved initials and small in text etchings as head and tail pieces. A lavish binding for Bumpus in full olive green crushed morocco, the upper cover panelled in gilt and richly tooled over a pointill ground with an interlacing inlaid vine and leaf design