The Stealing of the Mare
Parker, CO: Little Press of Este Es, 1966. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Item #22280 .
8vo. xi, 70, vi, (2)pp. Leather spine, gilt' upper board is illustrated on paper; rear board is plain. Pictorial endpapers. Title page in red, blue, black. Initials illuminated in gilt throughout. Illustrations and initial letters are by Robert Cormack with the wodblocks cut by John R. Evans. Printed by hand on Cortlea text in Worrell UNcial. One of 100 copies. A fine example.
The ancient tale of the stealing of the mare was translated by Lady Anne Blunt in 1879 during an extended stay in Arabia Deserta.
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