Isabella, or the Pot of Basil. Story from Boccaccio, with illustrations by Jessie M. King.
Isabella, or the Pot of Basil. Story from Boccaccio, with illustrations by Jessie M. King.

Isabella, or the Pot of Basil. Story from Boccaccio, with illustrations by Jessie M. King.

  • Keats, John
  • Edinburgh and London: T.N. Foulis 1907
  • Elfick & Harris 173.

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Tall 8vo, pp. 38, [4] + coloured frontispiece, title-page, and 4 further plates mounted on green card. Original lavender cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front board blocked in purple and gilt with coloured illustration laid in. A touch of spotting. Binding a little faded to edges. Ink gift inscription to front flyleaf, dated March 4th, 1916.

Notes

The third title in the 'envelope book' series printed by T.N. Foulis from 1907-1912, a later issue of the variant in cloth boards (the middle option in terms of cost and luxury, between wrappers and suede), with a square illustration above the title on the front and a full 13 titles advertised in the series at the rear.

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