Dryden, John, 1631-1700, Theodore & Honoria , 1985
- Title(s):
- Theodore & Honoria : a translation from Boccaccio / by John Dryden ; illustrated by Carol Walklin.
- Additional Title(s):
- Theodore and Honoria
- Published/Created:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Libanus Press, 1985.
- Physical Description:
- [23] p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR3420 T48 1985+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/921415
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- British Art Center has copy no. [40], bound in quarter leather.
A free rendering into heroic verse of the story found in giornata V, novella 8 of Boccaccio's Decameron. First published (as Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace) in 1700 as a section of Dryden's Fables ancient and modern.
"Limited to three hundred copies ...; copies 1-50 are bound in quarter leather & copies 51 to 270 in linen and board by Smith Settle; 30 sets of sheets, 271 to 300, complete the edition"--Colophon. - Subject Terms:
- Libanus Press -- Publisher.Settle, Smith -- Bookbinder.Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1985.
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