The Stella Press, Napoli, with an engraved panorama of Naples and Vesuvius
The Stella Press emblem, designed by Paul L. Kershaw

The Stella Press was the private press of Peter W. H. Spring,
who lived and worked in Naples for many years.

He published a small number of scholarly editions and related works,
all printed to a high typographical standard and hand bound
in limited editions.

The Ruines of Rome

A bilingual edition of Edmund Spenser’s translation of Joachim du Bellay’s
The Ruines of Rome was prepared by Peter Spring and is complete.