[Fine Binding | Zaehnsdorf] The Imitation of Christ E-List 22 Martineau is perhaps best remembered

Martineau is perhaps best remembered for being the first to commission illustrations from a young Beatrix Potter:

holograph poem by Field on the second flyleaf

and it has been expanded to 2 volumes with the addition of 150 illustrations

some large calligraphic lettering

[Fine Binding | Zaehnsdorf] The Imitation of Christ E-List 22 Martineau is perhaps best rememberedKempis, Thomas A. Of the Imitation of Christ. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1898. Limited to 50 copies on large paper, of which this is #39, and signed by the printer. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Tissue covered frontispiece. Bound in full russet brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, with four curved panels, filled with large gilt fleurons connected by gouges, surrounding an arabesque design to the center of the boards. The flat spine features