Thomas Beedome — Select Poems Divine and Humane

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Vellum. A smart limited edition collection of the seventeenth century poems of Thomas Beedome, a nice work from the Nonesuch Press. A limited edition, limited to 1250 copies, of which this is numbered 871.The poetry of Thomas Beedome, a seventeenth century poet of whom little is known. This charming volume includes his humane poems, epigrams, epitaphs, and divine poems. This edition was published by the Nonesuch Press. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books, but had them printed by commercial printers. In doing so, books with the quality of a fine-press were produced, but available to a wider audience at lower prices. In the publisher's original paper vellum wraps. Externally, smart, with some very light handling marks to the wraps, as is usual with paper vellum. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .