moschus lang (4 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Clothbound in blue with gold gilting. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. 1896 reprint. Contains previous owners incription/name on FFEP. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Zustand: Good. 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.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. W. Russell Flint (illustrator). Illustrated with colour plates, here are two volumes of classical bucolic and pastoral poetry translated into English by fairy tale collector Andrew Lang. A limited edition work. Limited editions of the first editions of Andrew Lang's English verse translations of the Idyls of classical poets Theocritus, Bion and Moschus.Numbers 402 of 500 copies of each volume produced.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Volume I illustrated with fifteen mounted colour plates, and volume II with five mounted colour plates, all after Scottish artist and illustrator William Russell Flint.Collated, complete.The Idyls of Bion and Moschus are short bucolic poems by the Hellenistic Greek poets Bion of Smyrna and Moschus of Syracuse, blending pastoral scenes of shepherd life with themes of love, myth, and elegy.The Idyls of Theocritus are the earliest and most influential pastoral poems, presenting vivid depictions of rustic life, mythological narratives, and the loves and rivalries of herdsmen. It became the model for later European pastoral poetry. In the publisher's original cloth backed, paper covered boards, with unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, fine. Dust wrappers significantly age toned to back strip, with sunning to wrap perimeters. Chipping and minor losses to back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Near Fine. book.