Lot 195
Hicks (Chris, binder).- Shankland (Hugh) The Prettiest Love Letters in the World: The Letters Between Lucrezia Borgia and Pietro Rembo, 1503-1519, 1987.
Estimate: £400 - 600
Description
Hicks (Chris, binder).- Shankland (Hugh, editor) The Prettiest Love Letters in the World: The Letters Between Lucrezia Borgia and Pietro Rembo, 1503-1519, illustrations by Richard Shirley Smith, bound in red goatskin by Chris Hicks, navy blue heart onlays on upper cover and spine ends surrounding gilt dots, "PB | LB" initials of poets on spine in gilt, housed in custom-made quarter-folding chemise with red ribbon ties (a few splits to corners), c.260 x 185mm, 1987.
Description
Hicks (Chris, binder).- Shankland (Hugh, editor) The Prettiest Love Letters in the World: The Letters Between Lucrezia Borgia and Pietro Rembo, 1503-1519, illustrations by Richard Shirley Smith, bound in red goatskin by Chris Hicks, navy blue heart onlays on upper cover and spine ends surrounding gilt dots, "PB | LB" initials of poets on spine in gilt, housed in custom-made quarter-folding chemise with red ribbon ties (a few splits to corners), c.260 x 185mm, 1987.