[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

John Everett Millais

caption to the plate and printer's device on last leaf printed in red and black

Type specimen for the Cloister typeface originally designed by Frederic W

Handwritten presentation inscription to the front endpaper which reads "To Dr

[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