THE HUMANISTS' LIBRARY. First and second series; complete, as below.
Boston: The Merrymount Press, various dates. Eight volumes, 8vo, decorative ruled and bordered title pages printed in red and black, rubricated throughout; all in original linen-backed dark green paper-covered boards, dec. gilt brown morocco labels on spines; mostly unopened, mostly very good to near fine. Volume I: Thoughts on Art and Life by Leonardo Da Vinci. Translated by Maurice Baring. 1906. Edition limited to 103 copies; spine somewhat darkened; prospectus for Series I and II, with all titles listed, laid in. Smith 247. Volume II: Erasmus Against the War. With an Introduction by J.W. Mackail. 1907. Edition limited to 103 copies. Smith 282. Volume III: Petrarch and the Ancient World. By Pierre de Nolhac. [1907]. Edition limited to 103 copies; this an ex-library copy with bookplate marked withdrawn, perforations at title-page and pp. [iii-iv]; hinges cracking, but firm, worn, scuffed, and soiled, spine ends chipped and fraying, with upper end chip away, almost all of label chipped away. Smith 286. Volume IV: The Defence of Poesie: A Letter to Q. Elizabeth. A Defence of Leicester by Sir Philip Sidney. Edited by G.E. Woodbury. 1908. Edition limited to 103 copies with a title-page design by W.A. Dwiggins; minor wear to forecorners, spine slightly darkened. Smith 302. Volume V: The Correspondence of Philip Sidney and Hubert Languet. Edited by William Aspenwall Bradley. 1912. Title-page design by W.A. Dwiggins; spine slightly darkened, some spots of wear to gilt on label. This copy with a presentation TLs from Updike, on Merrymount Press stationery to Andrew Keogh, Yale University Library. Smith 379. Volume VI: Records of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries by Albrecht Durer. Edited by Roger Fry. 1913. Title-page design by W. A. Dwiggins. Smith 394. Volume VII: A Platonick Discourse upon Love by Pico Della Mirandola. Edited by Edmund G. Gardner. 1914. Title-page design by T.M. Cleland . Volume VIII: A Renaissance Courtesy-Book. Galateo of Manners & Behaviours by Giovanni Della Casa. With an introduction by J.E. Spingarn. [1914]. Title-page by T.M Cleland. Smith 408. Item #13449
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