The Discourses of Epictetus [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR]

Epictetus; P. E. Matheson (translator); Hans Erni (illustrator). The Discourses of Epictetus [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR]. Bern: Limited Editions Club, 1966. First edition thus. Quarto. xxiv, 308, (2)pp. Gilt illustrated black cloth, green spine label. Housed in publishers yellow cardboard slipcase with green spine label. Illustrated with 6 color plates by Hans Erni (5, are double-page). Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), signed on the limitation leaf by Hans Erni. Contains glossary of names at rear. A record of Roman life, law and institutions around the first century A. D. Gift donation rubber stamp on blank endpapers and a text leaf, and slipcase sunned along edges and spine with minor soiling, book in near fine condition. very good + to near fine. Hardcover. (50437) $95