Printed in 18 point Caslon on Villon Antique Laid paper. 1500 numberedcopies were issued for subscribers, and type distributed after printing.The illustrations were especially designed for this edition.
This is number 1114
SULAMITH
A Romance of Antiquity
By ALEXANDRE KUPRIN
Author of “Yama” (The Pit), etc.
Translated from the Russian
By B. G. GUERNEY
with
Eight full-page illustrations in color
By FORBES-FELIX
NEW YORK
Privately Printed for Subscribers
MCMXXVIII
Copyright by
NICHOLAS L. BROWN
All Rights Reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AUTHOR’S DEDICATION:
To Ivan Alexeievich Bunin
A. Kuprin
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love isstrong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereofare coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.1
THE SONG OF SONGS
Transcriber’s Note: This Table of Contents has been added for convenience; nonewas present in the original, which contained only the List of Illustrations.