DE MORTUIS
San Francisco: Edward Robinson Taylor, for Private Circulation, 1913. First Edition. Boards. 11pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Edward Robeson Taylor on a front free endpaper: "Mrs. Edmund Taylor with greetings of Edward Robeson Taylor / May 20, 1916". Printed on handmade paper by Taylor, Nash &Taylor, San Francisco. Gray boards, gilt cover titling. 4 1/2" x 7". Eleven sonnets on life and death.Edward Robeson Taylor (1838-1923) was a physician, lawyer, poet and one time Mayor of San Francisco. In retirement, he was named Dean of Hastings College of Law. Scace. A Near Fine copy (slightly rubbed; small chip at lower spine), now in a clear 4mil mylar envelope. Near Fine / 4-mil clear mylar envelope. Item #2830
Price: $75.00