Sold for:
$215
$215
Theocritus (fl. circa 270 BC), Bion (2nd Century BC), and Moschus (fl. circa 150 BC) The Idyls . London: Printed by the Riccardi Press for the Medici Society, 1922. Two large quarto volumes, limited edition, one of 500 copies, twenty tipped-in color illustrations by W. Russell Flint (1880-1969), translation by Andrew Lang (1844-1912), bound in full limp parchment, lettered in gilt, silk ties, in the publisher's slipcases; slipcases bumped and sun-faded, the books themselves very good, 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (2)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-16
