674. Long, George (Translator)

Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Publisher: Philip Lee Warner1909Ltd Edition
Quarter Linen w/ paper boards. Limited Edition: #440 of 500 copies Previous owner s signature.Printed on hand-made Riccardi Paper, 12 color plates. Illustrated by William Russell Flint. This book is the third of three illustrated by Flint offered in this auction. The Riccardi Press was the name given to the limited editions de luxe projected by the Medici Society. Flint's biographer, Arnold Palmer, wrote in his life of Flint entitled "More Than Shadows" (The Studio, 1948): The alliance with Philip Lee Warner resulted in seven or eight important productions and lasted a long time, but chronologically it was not unbroken. The first venture was "The Imitation of Christ, published in 1908...Soon after this came the joint launching of the Riccardi Press and the "Song of Solomon," and there followed in succession from the same combination a "Marcus Aurelius" and a "Morte d'Arthur"..." For many years Flint served as president of the Royal Watercolor Society in London.

150/300     SOLD: $107.00

Condition: Severely frayed spine. General external wear. internally clean.