The Vanity of Human Wishes. The Tenth Satire of Juvenal
Oxford: Printed for John Johnson, 1927. Hardcover. 1/550. Quarto. [8] 28 [8]pp. Original green leather over decorative paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Title page with publisher's device. Decorative head-, endpiece and initial. Reproduction of original 1749 decorative stiff paper wraps with lettered paper label bound in. Five hundred and fifty copies have been printed of which five hundred are for sale. This reprint was set up from a copy lent by Sir Charles Firth, and the proofs were read with the British Museum Copy. A few 'wrong fount' letters have been corrected. No uncut copy was available; the margins are therefore conjectural. Light wear along edges of binding. Near fine to fine condition. Item #54839
Price: $150.00