Virginibus puerisque : and other papers / Robert Louis Stevenson
1910, Fine-paper edition. London : Chatto & Windus. Provenance: Bookplate of Sydney Tappenden. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #420597
Physical description; 120 pp., 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : colour illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents; Virginibus puerisque -- Crabbed age and youth -- An apology of idlers -- Ordered south -- Aes triplex -- El Dorado -- The English admirals -- Some portraits by Raeburn -- Child's play -- Walking tours -- Pan's pipes -- A plea for gas lamps. Subjects; Essays.
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