Barlaam and Josephat
- Hardcover
- (Greenbrae): The Allen Press, 1986
(Greenbrae): The Allen Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small 8vo. (53)pp. Gray cloth printed on the spine and upper board with the title. Title in two colors. Two full page illustrations ad several vignettes in the text; hand-colored initials. Finely printed letterpress on hand-made Richard de Bas paper. One of 140 copies. A fine copy in its clear acetate wrapper.
An edition of the Christian legend of the Buudha, translated and first published by William Caxton in 1484.
With a letter laid in from Lewis Allen to the original purchaser.
Allen Press, #52.
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Details
Title
Barlaam and Josephat
Author
(Allen Press) Caxton, William, transl
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Fine
Publisher
The Allen Press: (Greenbrae)
Date
1986
Edition
Limited edition