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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE A.J. KARTER
Lot 200

ASHENDENE PRESS HORATIUS FLACCUS (QUINTUS)
Carmina Alcaica; Carmina Sapphica, Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1903 (2)

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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ASHENDENE PRESS

HORATIUS FLACCUS (QUINTUS) Carmina Alcaica; Carmina Sapphica, each one of 150 copies on Japanese paper, from an overall edition limited to 175, initial letters in gold, red and blue by Graily Hewitt, uniform red crushed morocco gilt, covers with central arabesque, the first near-contemporary by Zaehnsdorf, the second recent by Sangorski to match, together in slipcase [Hornby 15, 17], 8vo, Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1903 (2)

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Provenance: First work, very small circular inkstamp of "E.K." on flyleaf, trace of a bookplate removed, and a few booksellers' pencil annotations.

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