The Lyre & The Lotus by Islay Lyons

The Lyre & The Lotus

by Islay Lyons

The Harvill Press, 1968 [First Edition], illustrated end-papers (maps, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, no inscriptions, dust-jacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with small chips and tears to edges, small repaired tears, some rubbing and creasing (see photographs)

"At Ostia, in old age and prosperity, Galen records the memories of his strange and wonderful life; his early years as son of 'the honest jeweller' in Antioch the Golden under the Emperor Trajen and his apprenticeship[ to Aristeas, one of the last of the Greek master-sculptors; his love for Bernice, which was to prevail over so many obstacles and disasters."