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30,5 x 23,5 cm. 36 S. Ill.,original white buckram, pictorially decorated in teal and gilt, top edge gilt, uncut. Large quarto. 36 pp. Ten plates handcoloured in black and turquoise, with descriptive tissue guards, plus two additional plates on the front and rear endpapers. Thirteen large decorative initials (including repeats) also handcoloured with turquoise. Title printed in black and turquoise. guter Zustand., cover slightly bumped and shop-soiled, overall good condition. by Oscar Wilde. Illustr. and decorated by Alastair Sprache: Deutschu 1,400 gr.

The Sphinx is a one-act play written by Oscar Wilde. It's a dramatic monologue by a woman who laments the absence of her lover, who has died. The richness of the symbolic imagery intertwines themes of love with the mystery of the Sphinx.