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731. Epictetus
The Discourses of Epictetus

Illustrated by Hans Erni.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1966
Signed Limited Edition. Imperial Octavo. 366 pp.

Signed Limited Edition, No. 280 of 1500. Signed by illustrator, Hans Erni. P.E. Matheson, translator. Eighteen illustrations: six water color paintings (five are double-spreads), and a dozen line-drawings. Hans Erni has created three symbolic drawings for the cover dies, which are stamped in gold on heavy black buckram: the sun's face on the front cover, the crescent moon's on the back, and a fig branch on the spine - the title is printed on a green shelfback.

50/100     SOLD: $80.50

Condition: Fine