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The Songs of Meleager

[1937]
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Songs of Meleager
  • Author: Meleager (active 1st century BCE)
  • Author: Preface by Alphonse James Albert Symons (British, Battersea, London 1900–1941 Colchester)
  • Translator: Frederick William Rolfe (British, London 1860–1913 Venice)
  • Translator: Sholto Osborne Gordon Douglas (British, born 1873)
  • Designer: Frederick William Rolfe (British, London 1860–1913 Venice)
  • Designer: Christopher Sandford (British, ca. 1926–1960)
  • Publisher: The First Edition Club (London)
  • Printer: Chiswick Press (British, London)
  • Binder: Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co. (London)
  • Date: [1937]
  • Medium: Illustrations: screenprint
  • Dimensions: 8 15/16 x 6 in. (22.7 x 15.2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Administration Budget, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.703
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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