It exists in a bewildering variety of states, partly due to reprinting, partly apparently to the desire to dedicate it to several different people, one of the British Museum copies being dedicated by Pittoni to the Earl of Arundel and having a printed dedicatory letter and plate of his device preceding that of the Emperor himself.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
It will interest, and we are hoping that it will please, you to know that we shall dedicate this volume to you as a slight, though none the less sincere, token of our regard and affection to you as the friend of our father and as a friend to us.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
You'll say the necessary word to the police if I agree to dedicate my earthly remains to your private hall of fame.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon