THE FEMALE MARTYR AND OTHER POEMS

by Illuminated Manuscript

$45,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Signed

London: 1914 . 265 x 207 mm. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 . 41, 3 blank pp., 1 leaf colophon . RESPLENDENT IN DARK BLUE MOROCCO, RICHLY GILT AND ONLAID, BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front doublure , covers with wide frame of swirling gilt vines bearing red morocco blossoms and blue and green berries, bordered by strips of green and tan morocco, central panel of upper cover with recessed oval containing a portrait of a young nun sculpted in leather

  • Binding: Leather

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