Leigh Hunt’s History of Kensington: Signed, Limited Edition Date of Publication_c.1581 with a preface specially written

with a preface specially written by Paine for this translation

Certainly some covers are visual tributes in themselves to the graphic innovations of 20th-century book design

rebacked preserving part of the original cloth spine

Constructed by Pope Innocent XII

whose stations are marked with squares

Leigh Hunt’s History of Kensington: Signed, Limited Edition Date of Publication_c.1581 with a preface specially writtenThe Old Court Suburb; or, Memorials of Kensington, Regal, Critical, and Anecdotical. London: Freemantle & Co, 1902 A poet and journalist, Leigh Hunt (1784 1859) was also a close friend of Shelley and Keats; his anecdotical history of Kensington was first published in 1855. This large paper limited edition was illustrated and signed by the three artists concerned: Edmund Sullivan, Claude Shepperson and Herbert Railton. Condition & Materials 2 vols.