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The library of Jan van der Marck
offered by
Bloomsbury House
24 Maddox Street Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP ![]()
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Shelley (Percy Bysshe) Prometheus Unbound, one of 125 copies on handmade paper, printed in red and black in Zilvertype, title designed by de Roos, light spotting to a few leaves, original limp vellum with printer's device in gilt on upper cover, spine titled in gilt, uncut, modern cloth slip-case, 4to, 240 x 170mm., The Hague, De Zilverdistel, 1917.***The colophon informs the reader that printing of the book took from May 1916 until November 1917, "during the third and fourth year of the war in which [the Dutch] shared [the Allies'] suffering and hope of deliverance".. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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