Ne Oublie. Pages from the Notebook of Agnes Jekyll Inveni Fontem

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Xiii, [1], 328 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates. No title page, as published. Spine says "Ne Oublie," an inner leaf has "Pages from the Notebook" and the front cover has "Inveni Fontem" in the squares. No date but 1937. Printer from rear colophon. Octavo. Cream cloth spine with blue title is a bit age darkened, especially at the top. Hard paper covers in beige with blue pen and ink fountains in squares, minor normal age to the covers. Interior is lightly toned but otherwise unmarked. Quite scarce, OCLC. 47734342. Dame Agnes Jekyll, DBE (née Graham; 12 October 1861 28 January 1937) was a British artist, writer and philanthropist. The daughter of William Graham, Liberal MP for Glasgow (1865 1874) and patron of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, sister-in-law of the famous gardener. A collection of aphorisms, poems, short essays, and quotations that Jekyll enjoyed. Collected by herself and edited by her daughters and printed as a memorial to their mother the year of her death. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages.

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Título

Ne Oublie. Pages from the Notebook of Agnes Jekyll Inveni Fontem

Editor

Billing and Sons [1937], Guildford And Esher

Fecha de publicación

1937

Encuadernación

Hardcover

Edición

First Edition.

Estado

Good

Estado de la sobrecubierta

No Dust Jacket

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• Biography
• First/Limited/Signed Editions
• Proverbs, Maxims, Aphorisms
• Memoir