Description

Hardcover, full blue genuine leather binding, decorated in gold with raised spine. All edges gilt, dark salmon silk moire end-papers and silk ribbon marker bound-in. Printed on archival acid-neutral paper. 674 pages with over 250 pages of notes appended. Prefatory note on the text and annotations by John T. Winterich. Extensive end-notes by Henry Torrens, Edward Lane, and John Paine. Illustrated with full page color plates by Arthur Szyk. First Easton Press edition thus. A title in the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series, Collector’s Edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, sound, tight and unmarked copy, near like new. Near fine. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible.