Sartor Resartus : the life & opinions of Herr Teufelsdroeckh [...].

4to.

Limp vellum by the Doves Bindery, flat spine titled in gilt. Within a box and slipcase in half red morocco (sl. traces of use).

Edition limited to 315 [unnumbered] copies (incl. 15 on vellum), one of the 300 copies on paper. Very neat typography in red & black. The novel Sartor Resartus (1836) is a commentary on the thought and early life of Diogenes Teufelsdröckh, German philosopher, author of "Clothes: their origin and influence". It is a "poioumenon", a specific type of metafiction in which the story is about the process of creation (sometimes the creation of the story itself). The work is, in part, a parody of Hegel and more generally of German Idealism. T.J. Coben-Sanderson founded the Doves Press in 1900 with the photographer Emery Walker. The Press started at No 1 The Terrace, Hammersmith, and moved in 1909 to 15 Upper Mall, Hammersmith (the press being named after a strip or passage in this street). The partnership between Cobden-Sanderon and Walker was dissolved in 1909 and the printing stopped a few years later, in 1916.
Ref. Tidcombe, The Doves Press, DP13. - Ransom, Doves Press, 13. - Tomkinson, Doves Press, 13.