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FIREBAUGH, W.C. (1882-1945), translator. Original typescript for The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter. Chicago: Edwin N. Durland, 1922.
4to (349 x 216 mm). Typescript in red and black, 243 pages. Bound in contemporary half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut; slipcase (light rubbing, slight sunning to upper section). Provenance: Edwin Newberry Durland, publisher (ownership bookplate); Michael S. Holowaty (ownership bookplate).
THE PUBLISHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED BY FIREBAUGH on first typescript page, "Second manuscript of the Satyricon." The Satyricon is a work of fiction dated to the first century and commonly attributed to Gaius Petronius Arbiter. This translation includes the supplements by de Salas, Nodot, and Marchena.
[With]: FIREBAUGH. The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter. New York: Published for Private Circulation Only By Boni & Liveright, 1922. 2 volumes, 8vo. Original paper-covered boards; slipcase (some small splitting at hinges, loss at spine head of first volume, very light soiling). LIMITED EDITION, number 1,108 of 1,250 copies.
4to (349 x 216 mm). Typescript in red and black, 243 pages. Bound in contemporary half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut; slipcase (light rubbing, slight sunning to upper section). Provenance: Edwin Newberry Durland, publisher (ownership bookplate); Michael S. Holowaty (ownership bookplate).
THE PUBLISHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED BY FIREBAUGH on first typescript page, "Second manuscript of the Satyricon." The Satyricon is a work of fiction dated to the first century and commonly attributed to Gaius Petronius Arbiter. This translation includes the supplements by de Salas, Nodot, and Marchena.
[With]: FIREBAUGH. The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter. New York: Published for Private Circulation Only By Boni & Liveright, 1922. 2 volumes, 8vo. Original paper-covered boards; slipcase (some small splitting at hinges, loss at spine head of first volume, very light soiling). LIMITED EDITION, number 1,108 of 1,250 copies.
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FIREBAUGH, W.C., translator. Original typescript for The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter. 1922.
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