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Greenish/gray full leather titled/decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Leather edge/gilt lines to endpages. Possible first edition-same date title page and copyright page. Title page in red ink. Satin ribbon marker. Minor rubbing to edges. Ex-college library with bookplate to fep and pencilled numbers, no other library markings. Firm binding. Very nice condition for its age. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 94 pages

A fine example of American book art of the 1890s, illustrated by W. D. Hadaway. In exceptionally good condition with the original dust jacket and silk ties. ¶ Description: Bound in full calf, pictorial decoration blocked in blind to front board, title embossed in blind to spine. Original dust jacket, printed in black, repeating the design of the binding. Two original silk ties. Octavo 20 × 12 cm; unpag. [14]ll. (folded leaves, printed in red and black, recto only). Decorated with 4 full-page, elaborate pictorial borders in black, combined with 2 woodcuts printed in red or text blocks in black and red. ¶ Ref.: Johnson: Festina Lente, 1980 ¶ Condition: Dust jacket somewhat chipped and frayed. Very minor abrasions and marks of usage to binding. Light offsetting to flyleafs from dust jacket. Pages slightly toned with age, but clean and well preserved. A complete, near fine copy. Very rare in this condition. ¶