Cover of "Prosit". The motto "nunc est bibendum" comes from Horace's Odes, and means "now is the time to drink"
What better book for ringing in the New Year than a book of toasts? Prosit — A Book of Toasts (1904) was written by “Clotho,” but everyone knew this to be a pseudonym of the Spinner’s Club, a popular women’s club in San Francisco dedicated to encouraging creative genius is women.
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Alternate cover for "Prosit" with cloth ties
Title page of "Prosit". Frontispiece by Gordon Ross.
"Prosit", page 72-3
