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Small quarto (21 x 15cm). One of 300 copies on paper & printed in Golden Type in black & red on Batchelor's hand-made paper and published at �1 10s. pp. [iv],123. Frontispiece after Edward Burne-Jones and engraved on wood by W. H. Hooper. Publisher's limp vellum, gilt, with the original ties. An excellent copy. Vg. [Morris & Cockerell 6; Buxton Forman 106; Temple Scott 85; Peterson A6; Lemire A45.02; Tomkinson 109; Coupe 12.2].

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Russian: Сон смешного человека) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky written in 1877. It chronicles the experiences of a man who believes nothing has any value and is ripe with existential insights into human life and a reformation of spirit.