[Roycrofters | Fine Binding] Love Ballads of the XVIth Century Private Press The Bridge of San Luis

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Baldassare

Tudor roses at the center of the sides and top/bottom

The newly rebuilt 1880 structure was the most technologically advanced in the world

[Roycrofters | Fine Binding] Love Ballads of the XVIth Century Private Press The Bridge of San LuisHere Then is Love Ballads of the XVIth Century. East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Printing Shop, 1897. Limited to 100 copies "specially illumined by hand", of which this is #51. Signed with Elbert Hubbard's initials, as well as by the illuminator M. Johnson. Illuminated throughout with vignettes in watercolor and gilt. The text is set in Antiqua Old Style, with the preface set in Monotype Series #16, printed on Ruisdael handmade paper. Bound in burgundy