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Title: The Sphinx
Artist:
Illustrations and binding by Charles Ricketts (British, Geneva 1866–1931 London)
Author:
Oscar Wilde (Irish, Dublin 1854–1900 Paris)
Dedicatee:
Marcel Schwob (French, 1867–1905)
Publisher:
Elkin Mathews & John Lane, The Bodley Head, London (British, London 1887–1894)
Date: 1894
Medium: Illustrations: relief process and letterpress
Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 7 x 1/2 in. (22.2 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Jane Erdmann Whitney, 1986
Accession Number: 1986.1145.26
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