Clover Hill Editions - Six Idyllia chosen out of the Sicilian Poet Theocritus.

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Six Idyllia chosen out the Sicilian Poet Theocritus and translated into English verse. With eight etchings by Anthony Gross and with an introduction by Douglas Cleverdon. Imperial 4to, pp.xvi + facsimile leaf + 54 + colophon, [Rampant Lions Press for] Clover Hill Editions, The Chilmark Press, New York, 1971.

Number 182 of 270 (427) copies handset in 20-pt Zapf Palatino Italic by Will and Sebbastian Carter and printed on Barcham Green handmade paper. 7 large full-page and 1 smaller etchings by Anthony Gross. Swedish marbled paper-covered boards, brown buckram back lettered in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut. Wear to spine of slipcase. A near fine copy.

The sixth Clover Hill book. Printed at the Rampant Lions Press (RLP 45).

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