Virginibus Puerisque
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Book and photographs courtesy of Paulette and Stephen Modiano. Comments by Paul Jackson.
Virginibus Puerisque
by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1903
The book measures 8" x 5 3/8" and has 77 pages. The body of the text is set in Elzevir and was printed on Roycroft handmade watermarked paper. The book above was 3/4 in vellum or parchment with paper over boards. The binding variants on the regular edition on Roycroft paper include suede, modeled leather, incised leather, a parchment binding and a 3/4 parchment with paper over boards. Additionally there was an edition of 100 that was bound in 3/4 Levant and printed on Japan vellum.