Petronius. A Revised Latin Text of the Satyricon with the earliest English Translation (1694) Now First Reprinted with an Introduction Together with One Hundred Illustrations by Norman Lindsay.
London: Privately Printed, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Very scarce Norman Lindsay first, a limited edition signed by Norman Lindsay and the printer, Ralph Straus, Number 53 of 250. With an introduction by S. Gaselee, and Latin text on the left page & English translation at the right. With a description and invoice dated 1970 from Chas J. Sawyer, London booksellers, loosely inserted. With the bookplate of H C Plimmer inside front cover. Folio, frontis, xv, 303pp, uncut, teg. Quarter cream vellum and blue-gray boards, with title in black at front cover and gold gilt title and date at spine. Vellum a little dusty, boards a little marked, corners a little rubbed, o/w very good +. Item #15397
Price: $1,250.00