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The Idyls of Theocritus and The Idyls of Bion & Moschus. First edition with the W. Russell Flint illustrations.
51-6830London:The Medici Society Ltd. 1922. 2 volumes. 36 92 4 pp & x 28 4 pp. 20 mounted color plates by W. Russell Flint with printed tissue guards. 4to original linen-backed pale blue boards paper labels on spines and covers top edges gilt printed dust jackets. No. 160 of 500 copies.Original set on Riccardi hand-made paper. Gotham Book Mart ticket to volume 1 rear pastedown.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:328106379: Each volume has a separate title page.Collation: v.1: xxxv 92 p. 1 l. 15 leaves of plates col. & mounted incl. front. v.2: xii 28 p. 1 l. 5 leaves of plates col. & mounted incl. front."Of this Edition of Theocritus Bion and Moschus have been printed in the Riccardi Fount on handmake Riccardi Paper 500 copies; upon Vellum 12 copies of which 10 are for sale. In two volumes."--v.1 prelim."Of the engraved Title-page the lettering has been designed by Edith M. Engall and the central ornament by W. Russell Flint."--v.1 prelim Plates accompanied by guard-sheets with explanatory letter-press printed in redRiccardi Press printing device on one of the last fly-leaves; Riccardi Press watermark also visible on same page.Condition:Jacket spine and edges sunned some tape repairs volume paper labels foxing light shelfwear; some rare minor foxing in volume; near fine in good jackets. London:The Medici Society Ltd., 1922 hardcover
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