The Courtesan in Literature and Life by C. Hayward
$40.00
The book pictured is the copy you’ll receive.
Tracked NZ delivery usually takes 2–3 working days. Allow extra for rural addresses and weekend orders.
About this book
C. Hayward explores the place courtesans have occupied in literature and society, bringing together historical portraits and literary anecdotes from the classical world and later European culture.
Numbered copy 1179 from an edition limited to 1,380 copies, printed on deckle-edged antique laid rag paper specially watermarked “Zephyr”. English-language hardcover with a cloth spine and marbled boards.
Condition: Rubbing and wear to the boards and corners, fading to the cloth spine and fraying at the spine ends. Heavy foxing to the limitation leaf.
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