Quis Desiderio..?
by LIBANUS PRESS. GILI, Phillida. BUTLER, Samuel
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About This Item
Marlborough: Libanus Press, 1987. One of 475 copies. 3 wood engravings by Phillida Gili printed in sanguine. Printed in Monotype Bell on Amatruda paper, the cover paper is Fabriano Roma. Pp. [20]. Small 8vo., [13.5 x 20.5 cms], russet paper wrappers, black titles to upper cover, lower edge uncut. Slightly creased at edges, touch of fading to spine, otherwise fine.||Samuel Butler’s digressive and eccentric essay recounting his visits to the British Museum and its lack of sloping desks – upon which he needs in order to write – and his subsequent use of a book as the required support.|
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8108
- Title
- Quis Desiderio..?
- Author
- LIBANUS PRESS. GILI, Phillida. BUTLER, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Libanus Press
- Place of Publication
- Marlborough
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Libanus Press;Phillida Gili;Samuel Butler Book,Artists’ & Fine Press, Illustrated
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- Fine
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