Wednesday, September 1, 2010

The Aeneid of Virgil





William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and Charles Fairfax Murray
with later work by Graily Hewitt and Louise Powell
binding by J & J Leighton
book 1874-75 and 1904 - c. 1910
Andrew Lloyd Webber collection

4 comments:

Medieval Muse said...

Andrew Lloyd Webber is one lucky man!

Hermes said...

I certainly don't resent him spending his wealth on beautiful objects like this. eBooks will never be like this.

Miss Wilson said...

What are the dimensions for this?

Hermes said...

I found the mention here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/nov/22/artsandhumanities.arts

and here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2518745.stm

but the sale details are no longer on Christie's I'm afraid.