Author: Carlo Goldoni; Grace Lovat Fraser (Translator)
Title: The Liar, a Comedy in Three Acts
Description: London, Selwyn and Blount, Ltd. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition, illustrated copy of this popular comedy play by Carlo Goldoni. The first translated edition. Limited to 260 copies, of which 250 were for sale. In quarter cloth binding. With a colour frontispiece, four monochrome plates and numerous vignette illustrations throughout, by C. Lovat Fraser. Collated complete. Carlo Goldoni's renowned comedy, staged in the 1750-51 season at the Teatro San Angelo in Venice. Translated from the Italian by Grace Lovat Fraser and featuring an introduction by E. Gordon Craig. With the publisher's advertisements to the rear of the novel. With a bookplate to Roderick Eustace Enthoven, the British architect and illustrator, to the front paste-down. In quarter cloth binding. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the extremities and spine. Marks and fading to the boards. The title plate on the spine is chipped. Bookplate for 'Roderick Eustace Enthoven' to the front paste-down. Contemporary ink inscription dated 1922 to the front free endpaper. Offsetting to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with some age-toning. Very Good . Ill.: C. Lovat Fraser. Very Good .

Keywords: Roderick Eustace Enthoven E. Gordon Craig Grace Lovat Fraser Italian literature E. Gordon Craig commedia dell'arte C. Lovat Fraser


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