J O N K E R S R A R E B O O K S
“The Public’s Distaste For His Subject”
38. The Byzantine Achievement An Historical Perspective, A.D. 330-1453 BYRON, Robert
George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1929. First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Author’s presentation copy, inscribed by Byron underneath Mary Benedetta Sharpe’s ownership inscription, “to whom Robert Byron acknowledg- es much assistance in intuiting the public’s distaste for his subject.” Black and white frontispiece, with fifteen further plates. A very good copy, spine a little dulled with some wear to the spine ends. [42528] £1,250 An uncommon presentation copy of Byron’s third book. Despite the pessimism of Byron’s in- scription, inspired no doubt by the initial lacklustre sales, The Byzantine Achievement is now cred- ited with reigniting Western interest in Byzantine studies.
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