Ovid william caxton (2 risultati)
Editore: Oxford Basil Blackwell 1923, 1923
Da: Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, Regno UnitoChristian White Rare Books Ltd
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Usato - Ottimo
EUR 30,06
EUR 23,35 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Condizione: Fine. A promotional brochure for a new limited edition published by subscription of William Caxton's 1480 translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, from the unique manuscript in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Fine along with the uncompleted order form. Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books…Ltd for more information or images of this item.
Altre immaginiEditore: Oxford: Basil Blackwell, Publisher to the Shakespeare Head Press, 1924, 1924
- Rilegato
Da: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Regno UnitoAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 180,38
EUR 35,03 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
[Roman Mythology] LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (31 x 20cm), pp.[4] xl; 189 [7]. Number 284 of 375 copies thus, letter-press printed on on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper. Publisher's oatmeal quarter cloth, with grey paper over boards, and printed paper title labels to spine and upper. All edges untrimmed. Internally crisp and c…lean, but for a tiny black ink ownership to the front pastedown, dated 1937. Spine toned, with some peeling to label, and moderate general wear and bumping to boards. Minor worming to joints / hinges. Very good. Ovid's classic history of Gods and Men, here translated by William Caxon in 1480. Sadly only these six books of the original manuscript survived, collected by Samuel Pepys and bound in his personal brown sheepskin.
