[Cedric Chivers] The Confessions of Saint Augustine in Ten Books Private Press Smith bindery from a design

Smith bindery from a design by Douglas Cockerell with gilt decorative design to front board with small white inlaid dots and red inlaid flower petals

(Based on the forwarding and finishing

Some fading to gold paint

and Reed Pale Press device to bottom of spine

[Cedric Chivers] The Confessions of Saint Augustine in Ten Books Private Press Smith bindery from a designSt. Augustine. The Confessions of S. Augustine in Ten Books. London: Kegan Paul, Trench Trbner & Co. Ltd, 1900. Limited to 400 copies, of which this is #228. Printed at the Chiswick Press " on Arnold and Foster's unbleached handmade paper. The illustrations have been designed by Mr. Paul Woodroffe and engraved upon wood by Miss Clemence Housman, by whom the title page has also been engraved from the design of Mr. Lawrence [Laurence] Housman." Title