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The Satyricon
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The Satyricon Hardcover - 1902

by Petronius

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover

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Paris: Charles Carrington, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition of 440 copies printed on French handmade paper, this is copy no 337. A new translation with introduction and notes - attributed by the publisher to Oscar Wilde, though this is now disputed. Brown paper wrapper which has subsequently been bound in olive green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Spine and edges are bumped top and bottom. Previous owners' signatures on front endpaper Pages are uncut and browned at edges. At the rear is a list of privately printed books of a pornographic nature. The publisher's foreword outlines the risks in publishing a book of this nature, hence the original brown wrapper. A very nice, tight copy with minimal spotting to pages. Very Good 1902
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  • Title The Satyricon
  • Author Petronius
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Publisher Charles Carrington, Paris
  • Date 1902
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1460

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