Translated lady wilde (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Only 250 copies were printed at the University Press, Cambridge. 482pp; top page edges gilded; untrimmed fore-edges and bottom-edges. Book in clean, tight, unmarked condition. Excellent quality paper; supple leaves. No library stamps; no ownership names or markings. Original brown cloth; gilt-lettered, leather spine label. Fictional account of life and death of Sidonia von Borcke (1548-1620), a Pomeranian noble woman accused of witchcraft, tortured and executed. Translated by Lady Wilde (1821-1896), the mother of Oscar Wilde. Author was outspoken Pomeranian priest Meinhold; Lowinsky was a renowned British artist and illustrator.…