Two hundred numbered copies of this volume have been hand-set in Bembo type and printed at the Tragara Press.
Once again, I offer my gratitude to the late Barbara Strachey Halpern, who gave me permission in the first place to print this text which was originally part of her archives. Without the kindness of Fiorella Superbi and Giovanni Pagliarulo at I Tatti I would have been unable to publish any of the Durtro monographs of Count Stenbock's work. Thanks as always to Corinne Richards, Jeremy Red, Timothy d'Arch Smith, Andria Tibet and, of course, Alan Anderson, whose patience and printing skills have continued to delight me.

David Tibet, London, February 24, 2004