[SPECIAL PRESS] MORAL REFLECTIONS ON THE SHORT LIFE OF THE EPHEMERON

Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1970. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in tan linen with printed paper label, housed in a matching linen box; 17 unnumbered pages with color illustrations by Lance Hidy; the bottom corner of the frontispiece is lightly wrinkled; one of one hundred copies signed by the illustrator Lance Hidy and the printer David R. Godine.~~"This essay first appeared in A description of some curious and uncommon creatures, London, 1739" ~~This lovely little book is an early offering of the estimable David Godine.~~Thomas Boreman was one of the earliest publishers of English children's books, with a focus on animals. Mr. Boreman had several shops in an around London.~~. Near Fine binding.