The Flight into Egypt.

(Waugh.) HILL (G.F.)

The Flight into Egypt.

XII Representations by Painters of the XIV-XVI Centuries, with an Introduction and Notes...[Memorabilia CIII.]

Description: 12 tipped-in monochrome plates, pp. 34, 12mo, original limp calf, lettered in gilt to front with series device to same by Herbert P Horne, dark (but not heavy) stain around the backstrip, some waterstaining to covers also affecting endpapers (but not the inscription at head of flyleaf, see below), good

Publication Details: (printed at the Riccardi Press for) The Medici Society by Philip Lee Warner, 1915

Notes: Inscribed by Evelyn Waugh on the flyleaf: 'Beatrice Waugh, from her affectionate nephew, Evelyn, Christmas 1922'. An early inscription - the author then nineteen years of age, at the end of his first year at Oxford.The recipient was his father's younger sister, one of Waugh's three 'maiden aunts', who - he asserted in 'A Little Learning' - would have 'made good wives'; appropriate to the theme of this festive gift, all three sisters held Bible classes on a Sunday afternoon, 'Aunt Trissie of young men in the library', over whom she had 'greater influence [...] than either vicar or curate'....moreInscribed by Evelyn Waugh on the flyleaf: 'Beatrice Waugh, from her affectionate nephew, Evelyn, Christmas 1922'. An early inscription - the author then nineteen years of age, at the end of his first year at Oxford.The recipient was his father's younger sister, one of Waugh's three 'maiden aunts', who - he asserted in 'A Little Learning' - would have 'made good wives'; appropriate to the theme of this festive gift, all three sisters held Bible classes on a Sunday afternoon, 'Aunt Trissie of young men in the library', over whom she had 'greater influence [...] than either vicar or curate'. HIDE

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