ANTIQ.# 6867. Fine copy of one of Morison's most beautiful books, published the day after his death. John Fell(1625-1686) Dean of Christ Church and Bishop of Oxford has a permanent place in history as the chief founder of the first corporately-owned university press. The press which he set up and maintained largely at his own expense he bequeathed to the University of Oxford at his death, and with it all the punches and matrices designed for the printing of Greek, Latin, English and Oriental languages which he had bought or commissioned.
This book, published as a tribute to John Fell, was originally started in 1925 but due to war, the author's many preoccupations and a need to digest research in many archives was only completed with the assistance of Harry Carter in 1967. It is set by hand in Fell's types and printed on part rag paper. It is the last book printed on this scale in which the Fell types have been used throughout and it marked an epoch point in the life of the Press.