By Achilles Tatius; William Burton; Thomas Creede
London   The Shakespeare Head
12" by 8" xxxi, [5], 2152, [2]pp
A fantastic, limited edition production of Achilles Tatius' noted romance 'Leucippe and Clitophon'.
By Achilles Tatius; William Burton; Thomas Creede

1923 The Loves of Clitophon and Leucippe

London   The Shakespeare Head
12" by 8" xxxi, [5], 2152, [2]pp
A fantastic, limited edition production of Achilles Tatius' noted romance 'Leucippe and Clitophon'.
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Description

With the bookplate of John Stafford Reid Byers to the recto of front endpaper. The armorial crest has three bees, with the motto 'Marte Suo Tutus' to a scroll below the bookplate.  Another bookplate to the front pastedown, 'C H S John Hornby'. 

Numbered 373 of 394 copies printed of this work. 

Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press in Stratford-upon-Avon from a copy printed by Thomas Creede in 1597. Composited by Albert Kendrick, W.W Dyer, John Williams, Henry Edmonds, John Johnson and Alfred Cull. 

A beautifully produced copy of one of the five surviving Ancient Greek romances.

Condition

In a quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart. Minor shelfwear to the head and tail of spine. Bookplates to the front pastedown and to the recto of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

Very Good Indeed

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