A portrait of Oscar Wilde
Subtitle: from the Moreira Salles Collection of literary manuscripts
By: with an introduction and descriptive notes by Merlin Holland
Contributors: Salles, Lucia Moreira; Holland, Merlin; Ratliff, Marcus; Stamperia Valdonega; Legatoria Rigoldi (Firm); Cartiere Fedrigoni & C.
Publisher: Privately printed for Lucia Moreira Salles
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Verona]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Manuscripts; Facsimiles; Irish Authors; Biography
Notes: A collection of Oscar Wilde's manuscripts and letters in facsimile.

"This book was commissioned by Lucia Moreira Salles for distribution to her friends and to libraries and scholars with an interest in Oscar Wilde. It was completed shortly before her death on 24 January 2009." --printed on card, laid in.

"This limited edition, signed and numbered from 1-525, has been produced in Verona by Stamperia Valdonega in collaboration with Marcus Ratliff.  The text has been set in Caslon Val Version and printed on Fedrigoni Tintoretto paper.  The facsimiles have been reproduced on various papers to match the original documents.  The binding has been executed by Legatoria Rigoldi in Milan. September 2008"--Colophon. Copies are signed by Lucia Moreira Salles and Merlin Holland.

Rare Book copy: No. 274.

Bound, as issued, in purple cloth boards with a titling in silver. Housed in clamshell box.

Includes bibliographical references.

Gift of the estate of Lucia Moreira Salles, October 5, 2009