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St. Dominic Press. Horae Beatae Virginis, Eric Gill's personal copy.
Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1923.
Limited edition, quarto; one of 220 copies on handmade Batchelor paper; inscribed by printer Hillary Pepler, "Eric Gill d.d. Hilary Pepler Intesto Nom. B.V.M. 12.ix.24," in ink on preliminary blank; text printed in red and black; with 12 woodcut illustrations by Gill and Desmond Chute throughout; original linen over boards; with Gill's bookplate to upper pastedown (spine darkened, minor fraying); housed in a custom red cloth slipcase with morocco spine label; 11 1/2 x 9 in.
This remarkable association copy of one of Gill's loveliest and rarest works was presented to him by his friend and collaborator, Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler. Gill and Pepler co-founded the Guild of St. Joseph and St. Dominic, a Catholic community of craftsmen who followed the intellectual and spiritual teachings of the Third Order Dominicans. Together with artist Desmond Chute and stonecutter Joseph Cribb, Pepler and Gill created the St. Dominic press, the organization's publishing arm which produced largely religious works from 1915 until about 1940. The present copy is a testament to the fruitful yet fragile friendship between Gill and Pepler, who parted ways over financial disagreements in 1924, never to collaborate again.
