A Soul's Progress: Mezzotints in Prose
Robertson, P. W.
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 6, 2002
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 6, 2002
About this Item
Uneven fading to boards. Ex-libris Hardwicke Knight, with his bookplate on the front endpaper. Also an earlier owner's signature. Some foxing. Pencil sketch by night of a maidon the page with the part-title "A Maid of the Renaissance", and pencil sketch of flowers on rear endpaper, and a couple of water colour sketches by night on one page. ; xv, [1], 155 pages. Cloth boards. Page dimensions: 223 x 140mm. NB: No literal mezzotint engravings, prose only. Curious volume. "The soul to the ancients was that part of the body which persisted after death, something vapourous or spiritual, and various speculations, often poetic and suggestive, were made on its nature and significance" - from the Introduction. Contents: Introduction; A Maid of the Renaissance; Duilius of Danzig; A Burmese Monk; Lysippos the Osirian; The Meditations of the Emperor Ming Huang. [Seller ref: KnightCol]; 8vo. Seller Inventory # 15580
Bibliographic Details
Title: A Soul's Progress: Mezzotints in Prose
Publisher: Edward Arnold, London
Publication Date: 1920
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good-
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition.
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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, PO Box 335, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: renaissancebooksnz@gmail.com. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.
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