Piesni milosne [Love Songs]

Title: Piesni milosne [Love Songs]

Author: Petronius Arbiter

Publication: Warszawa [Warsaw, Poland]: Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, 1983.

Description: Miniature book containing poems on the subject of love by first-century Roman writer Petronius. Translated by Julian Ejsmond from Latin to Polish. With 11 full-page black-and-white illustrations, reproductions of Picasso drawings. Based on a 1924 edition published by Mazowiecka Spólke Wydawnicza. Typeset, printed, and bound at Zaklady Graficzne RSW "PKR" in Ciechanowie, Poland. With the miniature bookplate of Stanley Marcus, miniature book collector and publisher (Somesuch Press) and Chairman Emeritus of the Neiman Marcus stores. Bound in full white cloth over boards, with lettering and a drawing by Picasso stamped in black. 2.625 x 2.125 inches; 83, [1] pages. Light soiling to the covers and light spotting and pencil markings on the endpapers. Very Good. The author Petronius was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero and is believed to be the author of the Satyricon. Series title: Bibliofilska edycja miniatur [Bibliophile Edition of Miniatures].