INVENTORY #2787
Venus and Cupid: An Impression in Prose after Velasquez in Colour
YOUNG, Filson
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Chiswick Press were the most frequently called upon printer for fine presses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Alexander Bell Filson Young (1876-1938) was an Irish journalist and author of numerous works. While he wrote in a number of genres, this book would fall into his Aesthetic mode along the lines of other works by Young such as The Sands of Pleasure and The Wagner Stories. A beauticul collectable edition.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Chiswick Press
- Edition: Limited Edition
- Date Published: 1906
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Very good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
28 cm. Frontipiece engraving of a female nude. Limited edition. Number 24 of 422, of which 350 were for sale in Great Britain. Vellum spine. Boards gently warped. Thumbing. Corners bumped. Spine a bit darkened. Inside, the pages are clean and text unmarked.