Book Description

Folio, (390 x 280), printed in three colours on handmade wove paper, top edge gilt. One of 450 copies only. The first edition of 1899 published by Herbert S. Stone, appears here with the author's new Preface and revised text. The headpieces, initials and endpapers have been designed and the typography arranged by Pierre de Chaignon la Rose, printed under his direction at the Southworth Press, Portland, Maine.
Dealer Notes
Pierre de Chaignon la Rose (1871-1941) was an American heraldist and heraldic artist. He was a friend of George Santayana.
Author Santayana, George
Date 1924
Binding Black buckram, gilt Dunster House monogram on cover and lettering on spine
Publisher Cambridge (MA) Dunster House
Illustrator Pierre de Chaignon la Rose, design and typography
Condition With the exception of the offset to first and last blanks and a black on black stain of undefined origin to back cover, a otherwise intact copy.
Pages pp. xxi, [1], 128, [3]

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