"The Loves of Clitophon and Leucippe, Translated from the Greek of Achilles Tatius by William Burton, Reprinted for the First Time from a Copy Now Unique Printed by Thomas Creede in 1597." new York: Bernard Guilbert Guerney, 1923.

DESCRIPTION: Facsimile of the 1597 edition, 1st Edition Thus, Hand-numbered #408/500, the significantly more limited American Edition (limited to 104 copies versus Britains 394 copies), printed by Bernard Guilbert Guerney, Signed and Initialed on the Limitation Page (see Images 3 & 4). While all the American editions were numbered and initialed, this is the only copy we have seen with a full signature. Large 4to (20cm x 31cm), xxxi, iv, 152pp. +1pp. Publisher's Original Brown Paper Boards with Tan-Cloth Spine, Paper Labels. No DJ as issued. Includes two replacement labels mounted on rear pastedown as original. Printed on hand-laid Batchelor's Kelmscott Paper.

CONDITION: In VG Condition, with a strong spine showing no cracking or splitting, strong hinges showing no separation or starting, no loose or missing pages, and no annotations, foxing or mold. Outer covers show general rubbing and edge-wear: rubbing to the corners and edges with exposure at the tips; bumping to the upper left corner of board board with small white scratch marks; dust soiling to the cloth spine; faint damp-staining to the lower edge of the rear board, which does not effect the text-block.