Creator:

Janus, Secundus, 1511-1536

Title:
Kisses : being the Basia of Iohannes Secundus / rendered into English verse by Thomas Stanley, 1647.
Alternate Title(s):
Basia. English.
Published / Created:

Soho : The Nonesuch Press, 30 Gerrard Street, 1923.

Physical Description:
[24] pages ; 28 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PA8580.B3 E57 1923+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:

"Seven hundred and twenty-five copies of this edition of the Basia of Iohannes Secundus (1511-1536) in the translation of Thomas Stanley (1625-1678) have been printed and made in England for the Nonesuch Pess by the Kynoch Pess in October 1923. F.M. Pinx."--Colophon.

Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, 11

BEIN X178 N73 Z923S: No. 130.

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 96 of 725. Bookplate: Percy L. Babington. Bound in original orange patterned wrappers.

Subject Terms:
Kissing -- Poetry. | Marriage -- Poetry. | Erotic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English. | Private press books -- England -- London. -- Specimens. | Babington, Percy L. -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Contributors:
Stanley, Thomas, 1625–1678 | Kynoch Press | Meynell, Francis, 1891–1975 | Nonesuch Press