The Psalms of David

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Psalms of David

Entry/Object ID

2025.22.5

Description

Reprinted from the Book of Common Prayer. Wrapped in plastic. Covers are quarter bound in vellum, with the rest of the cover olive green with white stylized leaves in a vertical design. Title is marked on spine in gold. Pages untrimmed. 151p. A Deighton Bell Edition.

Dimensions

Height

34.7 cm

Width

24 cm

Book Details

Volume/Number/Issue

193 of 280 copies

Publisher

Wm. Dawson and Sons, Ltd

Place Published

City

Folkestone

Country

England

Date Published

1977

Printer

Rampant Lions Press

Place Printed

City

Cambridge

Country

England

Date Printed

4/8/1977

Notes

Type is the original roman designed by Eric Gill. Cast at the Caslon Ffoundry, and punches cut on a Benton machine. Book designed by Sebastian Carter, and set by him and Anne Greer. Printed by Sebastian Carter at Rampant Lions Press on Barcham Green's J. Green mould-made paper. Patterned paper for the cover designed by Carter, and printed by the Scriptourm Press of St. Albans. 315 copies made, of which 280 are quarter-bound in vellum.