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[COLONIAL PRESS]. The Basia of Joannes Secundus. Translated...

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[COLONIAL PRESS]. The Basia of Joannes Secundus. Translated into English by George Ogle. Edited by Wallace Rice. Chicago: Colonial Press for Frank Morris, 1901. 8vo. Etched portrait frontispiece, woodcut title?page border and numerous capital initials by Ralph Fletch Seymour and illuminated by Alta Abby Hall. Original publisher?s gilt?lettered parchment vellum, silk ties (lacking several tie ends). LIMITED EDITION, letter E of 26 copies hand?illuminated and printed on Japan vellum.