The Maxims of Methuselah: Being the advice given by the Patriarch in his nine hundred sixty and ninth year to his great grandson at Shem's coming of age, in regard to women

  • New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1907
By Gelett Burgess
New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1907. 108 pp. with applied litho covers. Illustrations, decorations and cover design by Louis D. Fancher.

The book is a humorous rendition, in scriptural verse, of the great patriarch's views on the wiles of women. There are four charming color illustrations, along with red boarders on each page.

Measures 7" x 5" The covers show edge wear and some minor damage due to rubbing. The front's endpapers have minor tear and there is a signature form a previous owner.

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