Ashendene Press.- Longus. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe, translated by J.Amyot, edited by Paul-Louis Courier, one of 290 copies on paper, printed in red and black in Ptolemy type, initials and decorations supplied by hand in blue by Graily Hewitt and his assistants, wood-engraved illustrations by Gwen Raverat, some full-page, a couple of small spots to title, press announcement/prospectus loosely inserted (lightly spotted), original vellum-backed turquoise boards, gilt design on upper cover by Raverat, spine ruled and titled in gilt, uncut, very slight rubbing and small bump to edge of upper board, board slip-case (slightly rubbed at edges), [Hornby XXXIX; Franklin p.242], 4to, Ashendene Press, 1933.

⁂ The loosely-inserted 'Announcement of the Last Books to be Issued from the Press' explains that the first printing of the Daphnis et Chloe had to be destroyed due to faulty ink causing offsetting on the Japanese paper used. It also pays tribute to the pressman George Faulkner, who had been responsible for all Ashendene books since 1902 and who had recently died. The whole edition of Daphnis et Chloe was reprinted on English handmade paper by H.Gage-Cole, apprentice pressman to William Morris at the Kelmscott Press and pressman at the Doves Press. Gage-Cole also assisted with the printing of The Book of Ecclesiasticus which is announced here.