Oak Knoll

Limited to 20 copies of which this is one of 16 copies bound thus. A fine copy in a lightly faded velveteen bag. Signed by the publishers Mike Hudson and Jadwiga Jarvis. A modern commentary on the original 15th century ordinances established to regulate the Southwark brothels of the Bishops of Winchester. Edited and illustrated by Mike Hudson. Printed in red & black, with hand coloured pictorial title page, text illustrations and decorative initial, plus numerous smaller decorative initials in red, linocut endpapers printed in yellow & brown. The text includes a long introductory essay, and commentary to each of the 29 ordinances. The illustrations are 'in the manner of the period, depicting scenes suggested by the regulations. The endpapers show an enlarged copy of a portion from the original Bodleian manuscript'.