Ventes live - Lot 153
[UK - Nonesuch Press]
A plurality of Worlds. John Glanvill's translation. With a prologue by David Garnett.
FONTENELLE, Bernard de
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Description du lot
[Bloomsbury], The Nonesuch Press, 1929
8vo.
Limp vellum with gilt decoration on front board, leather tongues, slipcase. Good, uncut copy.
Edition limited to 1600 copies (n. 655) on Van Gelder. Colour-stencilled decorations by T.L. Poulton, the remainder are composed of astronomical signs. Title in red & black with all the signs of the zodiac. Coloured headpieces in blue and gold for each new chapter.
Ref. Ransom, p. 368 ("in preparation"). - Not in Tomkinson.