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The princess of Babylon
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Uniform Title
Princesse de Babilone. English
Title
The princess of Babylon / by M. de Voltaire ; with decorations by Thomas Lowinsky.
Publication
London : The Nonesuch Press, MCMXXVII [1927]
Physical Description
[8], 156, [2] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 1975 628: No. 974.
BEIN Hfd3 161: No. 1039.
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 389 of 1500. Bound in cream quarter parchment with maroon, blue and tan marbled boards.
Notes
Translation of La princesse de Babylone.
"Of this edition 1500 copies have been printed for sale in England and American by the Westminster Press upon Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper. The translation is that of the Glasgow edition of 1769. The decorations have been designed by Thomas Lowinsky."--Colophon.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, 48
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Genre/Form
Wood engravings - 1927.
Private press books (Publishing) - England - London.
Fiction.
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