Volpone; or The Fox. A Comedy by Ben Jonson First Acted in 1605.

Ben Jonson

Published by The Limited Editions Club [Printed at the Oxford University Press], New York, 1952

About this Item

xxv, 163, [1] pp., illustrated, tall 8vo, patterned cloth over boards, plain brown dustjacket, slipcase. With collotype illustrations hand-stenciled in color in Paris by René ben Sussan (with his signature on colophon page). Designed by Francis Meynell. No. 521 of 1500 copies. Printed in Oxford's Fell types on all-rag paper made in the mills of William Nash in Oxfordshire. Laid in is The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club (July 1953; Number 242) describing this work in detail, and the publication announcement. A largely unopened copy; fine and fresh. Dustjacket fine, with a couple of trivial nicks. Slipcase is near fine, with a couple of corners lightly rubbed, small bump to one corner. Overall, a fine, well-preserved copy. Limited Editions Club Bibliography 236.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Volpone; or The Fox. A Comedy by Ben Jonson First Acted in 1605.
• Publisher: The Limited Editions Club [Printed at the Oxford University Press], New York
• Publication Date: 1952
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Private press and modern fine printing