Lysis a dialogue of Plato

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Unpaginated, illustrated with woodcuts (frontispiece, title page vignette and occasional head and tail pieces).. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt text on spine. Some light staining on front board. Richly decorated endpapers, free papers slightly toned. No. 742 of an edition limited to 750 copies, on Batcham Green hand made paper. "For his earliest books, mainly for private presses, he (Lynton Lamb) employed wood engraving, the frontispiece to the Fulcrum Press edition of Plato's "Lysis: A Dialogue" (1930) being an especially modish interpretation." ("British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940" by Joanna Selborne. 8vo.

Lamb, Lynton

Plato, woodcuts, Illustrated Books, fine press, private press

Products specifications
Attribute name Attribute value
Book Addiction
Book Type Book
Language English
Volumes 1
Illustrator Lamb, Lynton
Year 1930
Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Binding Type Hardcover
Condition Near Fine
Dust Jacket No
Dust Jacket Condition N/A
Publisher City London, UK