[Ralph Fletcher Seymour | Limited to 10 Copies] The Song of Demeter and Her Daughter Persephone

The Song of Demeter and her Daughter Persephone In Homeric Hymn. Walter Pater’s Translation. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1902. Printed by R.R. Donnelley & Sons. Designed, illustrated and published by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. One of ten copies printed on Japan vellum. Title page with pictorial woodcut border; text printed in red and black throughout, with large initials in red with black borders; two initials with metallic gold background. Original black calf binding (handmade paper copies were bound in cloth), with a striking gilt cornfield design to covers. Spine with two gilt rules at top and bottom. Top edge gilt, grey endpapers. Measures approx. 3.5" x 4.5". Fading/rubbing of black calf on covers and at edges (resulting in closer to a dark brown). Rubbing spots to spine.