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First edition, 1977, second printing after the 1938 first. Progress Publishers, Moscow. Large octavo, original yellow cloth, with copper casings fastened over both boards, designed by Koba Gouruli.
The Knight in the Panther's Skin is an unequivocal work by medieval Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli, this translation by Marjory Waldrop was the first prose translation in the English language. This copy bound in a unique copper relief casing featuring a traditional Georgian portrait to the front with a bold pattern and Georgian script to the rear board.
A prolific translator, Waldrop travelled to Georgia in the late 1800s when it was still part of Imperial Russia, and published three English translations of Georgian titles in the following five years. The Knight in the Panther's Skin was the fourth and final translation, but was only published in 1912 three years after her death. Waldrop refused publication in her lifetime, feeling it wasn't up to snuff. It remains the translation against which all others… Read More

Germany and Philadelphia, 1900. Octavo. 120pp. approx. original black half morocco over marbled boards, with gilt decorative motifs. Chipped and worn to edges and extremities, with the spine covering gone, exposing the linen. Despite all defects the binding is strong. Clearly cherished and loved and handed down through generations. Patterned endpapers, ownership to verso of the front pastedown. The fore-edge is divided ledger style into various recipe styles with red leatherette tabs titled in gilt in German: "Braten", "Fische", "Vorspeisen" etc. Internally, this volume is a wealth of clearly regularly referenced German recipes like Kalbskopf, Kaffeekuchen, Strudel, Erdber Eis, a variety of Creams, Puddings, endless cakes and biscuits, souffles, breads, preserves etc. The large majority of the recipes are in German, in two, or possibly three manuscript hands, in pen and pencil. There are some blanks, but it's one of the most comprehensively used recipe books we've handled. Also present are a large… Read More