THE DEDICATION OF BOOKS TO PATRON AND FRIEND
1968 · Detroit
by WHEATLEY, Henry R.
Detroit: Gale, 1968. Reprint of 1887 London edn. Small 8vo, pp. 257. Fine. Tracing the history of book dedications from spontaneous expression of an author's love and respect for the dedicatee, through a period when authors "sold their praises to the highest bidder," to Wheatley's era, which resembled the first case, according to the author. (Inventory #: 21586)