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Printed at the Chiswick Press. 1905. Large oblong 4to, 36pp., double-column text, 25 plates, each with a reproduction of 2 MS pages, title printed in red and black, presentation inscription “To T.H. Riches with infinite thanks from Sydney Cockerell Feb. 5, 1919”, with the armorial bookplate of Charles Travis Clay, free endpapers browned, orig. green roan-backed printed boards. The text considers the MS in relation to the companion psalter of St. Louis in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Cockerell (1867-1962), secretary to the Kelmsott Press 1891-6, director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1908-37, partner with Sir Emery Walker in process engraving business. Blackman (1866-1947), distinguished plant physiologist, succeeded Sir Francis Darwin in the readership in botany in Cambridge, became FRS (1906), etc. He was for many years a syndic of the Fitzwilliam Museum during Cockerell’s long directorship. |
