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PETRONIUS ARBITER. The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter, a Roman knight, in prose and verse with the fragments recover'd at Belgrade in the year 1698. Made English by Mr. Wilson of the Middle Temple and several othersÖ.
London, privately printed, 1899. 23 cm; 256 pages and photoengraved frontispiece of Trimalchio's Feast. Bound in half green Levant morocco over green cloth-covered boards, scored in gilt, with gilt-paneled spine by Birdsall. Spine faded to brown. Light scattered foxing. Edition limited to 400 copies, reproducing the text of the London, 1708 printing. The Birdsall bindery of Northampton, England, was founded in 1792 and ran continuously until 1961. It was in the top echelon of English binders.
Offered for US$ 125.00 by: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio - Book number: 2268
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