LANDOR, Walter Savage.
Imaginary Conversations.
“What is reading but silent conversation”: The Limited Editions Club Edition of Walter Savage Landor's Imaginary Conversations; signed by printer Hans Mardersteig; Finely Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936.
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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this distinguished work of literary and philosophical prose. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Boldly signed by printer Hans Mardersteig of Verona at the Officina Bodoni on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 682. Introduction by R.H. Boothroyd. In near fine condition.
Walter Savage Landor’s Imaginary Conversations is a landmark in Romantic-era prose that reflects both the author’s classical education and his distinct literary sensibility. Composed over several decades in the 19th century, the work presents a series of fictional dialogues between prominent historical, literary, and mythological figures, through which Landor explores enduring themes such as justice, power, beauty, and the human condition. Landor, a fiercely independent thinker and accomplished stylist, uses these imagined encounters to express his philosophical ideals and political skepticism, often embedding his own convictions within the voices of antiquity. As both a poet and prose writer, Landor was admired, and influenced, the next generation of literary reformers such as Charles Dickens and Robert Browning.
Imaginary Conversations.
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