THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY.
What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, & several cures of it. . . . Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. In two volumes. Pp. xvi+300+[iv]+301-592(mostly printed double column, last blank), pictorial title page both volumes, frontispiece portrait Volume I, numerous text illustrations (a few full page), the half-title page printed in red & black; tall impl. 8vo; qr. parchment, spines lettered in gilt, Italian patterned papered boards, slightly rubbed (heavier on lower board of Volume I), edges lightly worn, the parchments slightly soiled; uncut; text block faintly browned at edges, a couple of spots of foxing and very occasional slight soiling; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925. One of 750 numbered sets on Dutch paper. McKitterick 28. *Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on a preliminary blank in Volume I: 'For Ethel and Lloyd who nobly shared not a little of the melancholy of winter 1924-25 when Burton was only a third finished - and long overdue for publication. This copy is inscribed to them, with the affection and friendship of, E. McKnight Kauffer (Ted).' With the bookplate of Lloyd Osbourne on the upper pastedowns beneath later book label of David Levine, Sydney. Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (1868-1947) was the son of Fanny Osbourne and stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island is said to have evolved from a pirate story Stevenson entertained him with as a child, and Lloyd was the model for the novel's young narrator, Jim Hawkins. He married his second wife, Ethel Blanche Head, in London in 1914, and they presumably met Kauffer there when he was living in London and producing his renowned posters for London Underground and London Transport. Item #162784
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