Benjamin Franklin; Claire Van Vliet (illus.)
The Old MIstresses' Apologue, 1975
Newark, VT: Janus Press
One of 69 copies, this specially for Harold Hugo and inscribed by Van Vliet.
3675
Oblong 32mo. (7)pp. With a wood engraving by Van Vliet which appears twice: ahead of the title page is a woman, and by the end of the text she has...
Oblong 32mo. (7)pp. With a wood engraving by Van Vliet which appears twice: ahead of the title page is a woman, and by the end of the text she has a basket on her head. A appropriately absurd transformation to bookend Franklin's comical apology. Produced in honor of the Press's 21st birthday and Van Vliet's 42nd. Bound in marbled paper over boards backed in brown cloth. Light rubs to edges, else near fine. With Harold and Nancy Hugo's bookplates to front pastedown.
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