2 preliminary leaves, 9-92 pages. 6 full page red printed colophon, and illustrations by Guido Maria Stella. Title page and page borders in red and black. Printed by Dr. R. Jacchia Tipografia Fontana. Front paste-down endpaper with printed Ex Libris in red within black border, showing the Aldus anchor device. 52 x 69 mm. Original publisher's full red and black printed imitation parchment boards with original leather ties. Somewhat rubbed and aged with two minuscule spots near the bottom of the upper cover. Bondy, 122. Welsh, 5361. OCLC, 80202759. WorldCat locates two copies worldwide (British Library, Swarthmore College). This edition is reprinted from the first version of Edward Fitzgerald, published in 1859. Charming miniature edition of a classic work, one of a series that included Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese, and Dante's The New Life, translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The boards and leather ties are in imitation of the general binding style of a manuscript.












