Theodore and Honoria.
by LIBANUS PRESS. WALKIN, Carol. DRYDEN, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Marlborough: Libanus Press, 1985. No. 35 of 50 deluxe copies. 6 wood engravings printed in black, green and red by Carol Walkin. Printed in Gill Perpetua type on Velin Arches rag paper. Pp. [24]. Tall 4to., original quarter green morocco, marbled paper boards, gilt border and lettering to spine, fore and lower edges uncut. Spine very slightly faded, otherwise a very good copy.||A free rendering into heroic verse by Dryden of the story found in Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’, which was first published in 1700 as a section from John Dryden’s ‘Fables Ancient and Modern’.| One of 50 deluxe copies
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8092
- Title
- Theodore and Honoria.
- Author
- LIBANUS PRESS. WALKIN, Carol. DRYDEN, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Libanus Press
- Place of Publication
- Marlborough
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Libanus Press;Carol Walkin;John Dryden;Boccaccio Book,Artists’ & Fine Press, Illustrated
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...