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Ernest Eckstein, *The Unemployment of Flutists: Scenes from Roman Times*; *The Emerald Island*: a novel. [1892–1893]

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Title: The Unemployment of Flutists: Scenes from Roman Times [and] The Emerald Island: A Novel. [Two works bound together]
Authors: ECKSTEIN, Ernest (1845–1900) [German historian and writer, author of historical novels], BOVET, Anna (19th/20th century) [French-language Victorian-era writer of social novels]
Publisher: Published and printed by the Editorial Board of “Biesiada Literacka,” Warsaw (ed. Grzegorz Czernicki)
Year of publication: 1892–1893.

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About this copy

Format: 17 cm.

Volume: Eckstein—p. 180; Bovet—p. 184 (364 pp. total).

Binding: period half-leather, leather spine with gilt title lettering.

Two works published as novel supplements to the weekly magazine *Biesiada Literacka* (ed. Grzegorz Czernicki), bound together. “The Unemployment of Flutists” (1892) by Ernst Eckstein, a German author of novels set in antiquity, is a social drama about Roman flutists. “The Emerald Isle” (1893) by Anna Bovet is set in 19th-century Ireland and deals with family dramas and misalliances.

The book is in clean condition, with some discoloration on the pages and worn corners on the covers.

Item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.

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