Live auction - Lot 152

[UK - Nonesuch Press]

Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek.

COWLEY, Abraham; S.B.

€ 150 / 200

Live bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)

Bidding is closed


Lot description

Soho, The Nonesuch Press, 1923

8vo (some spotting at sides).

Quarter vellum, gold paper on boards (somewhat rubbed at extremeties). Wide-margined, uncut copy.

Edition limited to 725 copies (n. 489) on Perusia hand-made paper, printed at the Pelican Press in Garamond type. Reprint with some alterations in the spelling and punctuation from the edition of 1681. Ill. with 7 original engravings (title, 4 full-page: Cupid, Bathyllus, Europa, & Venus, a head- and tailpiece) by Stephen Gooden.
Ref. Ransom, p. 365, n. 11. - Tomkinson, Bibliography of modern presses, p. 134, n. 11.

More photos

Live bidding

Bidding is closed


Lot 152

Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek.

COWLEY, Abraham; S.B.

Please log in to bid
create an account here .
Log in
© Arenberg Auctions 2024 – Webdesign Webit
Voorwaarden | Privacy Policy | Cookiebeleid