20 printed folders, each containing an original leaf from an notable English printing, set loose in folding box along with prefatory leaf. 12¾x10, paper label on box title containing title and imprint. No. 148 of 200 copies.

Signifigant selection of original leaves from both early and more recent printings of significance, including Adam Islip's Chaucer, 1598; the Kelmscott Press Child Christopher, 1895; the first edition of Milton's Paradise Lost, 1667; the Thesaurus Brevium, 1687; first Irish language edition of the Old Testament, 1685; popular edition of the King James Bible, 1612; etc. Laid in are three additional early leaves: 1527 printing of Boccaccio by Pynson; 1497 Nuremberg Chronicle leaf; unidentified 1485 printing in German.