pale brown endleaves printed with map in black by Reginald Piggott
Copiously illustrated throughout with 16 colour plates protected by tissue guards
tanned to spine and with a strip of discolouration to left and upper part of front panel
with a detail of one being enlarged for the cover-paper
The book contains 31 wood-engravings by Reddick
The Epic of Gilgamesh New and Sealed pale brown endleaves printed withThe Epic of Gilgamesh, The Babylonian Epic Poem and Other Texts in Akkadian and Sumerian. London: The Folio Society, 2010. First printing thus. Translated with an introduction by Andrew George, illustrated by Francis Mosley. 240 160 29 mm. Pp. [iiv] vxxxiii [xxxiv xxxvi], [1] 2212: [8] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. [iii], 13, 28, 60, 77, 124, 141 and 172). Type: Poliphilus. Printed by Martins of Berwick. Bound by Hunter and Foulis in full dark