Edmund G. Gardner; Margaret Symonds; Lina Duff Gordon; Charles W. Stubbs; et al. - Eight Volumes from the Medieval Town Series

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1903-1926. Cloth. An eight-volume set of J. M. Dent's Medieval Towns series, with illustrations throughout. An eight-volume set uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. Top edge gilt.A set of eight volumes from the Medieval Towns series published by J. M. Dent, with folding maps and illustrations. This series seeks to offer a historical guide to the Medieval towns of the world. This set comprises: The Story of Florence (1903, sixth edition) by Edmund G. Gardner, illustrated by Nelly Erichsen with a frontispiece, sixteen plates and two folding plans. Additionally five photographic plates. The Story of Perugia (1904, fifth edition) by Margaret Symonds and Lina Duff Gordon, illustrated by M. Helen James with a frontispiece, twelve plates and a folding plan. The Story of Cambridge (1905) by Charles W. Stubbs, illustrated by Herbert Railton with a frontispiece, fifteen plates and two folding plans. Additionally four photographic plates. Constantinople: The Story of the old Capital of the Empire (1909, third edition) by William Holden Hutton, illustrated by Sydney Cooper with a frontispiece, eleven plates and a folding plan. Additionally five photographic plates. The Story of Padua (1910) by Cesare Foligno, illustrated by Giovanni Vianello with a frontispiece, twenty-one plates and a folding plan. Additionally six photographic plates. The Story of Rome (1910, sixth edition) by Norwood Young, illustrated by Nelly Erichsen with a frontispiece, eight plates and three folding plans. Additionally four photographic plates. The Story of Lucca (1912) by Janet Ross and Nelly Erichsen, illustrated by Nelly Erichsen with a frontispiece, ten plates and a folding plan. Additionally seven photographic plates. The Story of Avignon (1926, second and revised edition) by Thomas Okey, illustrated by Percy Wadham with a frontispiece, ten plates and two folding plans. Additionally eight photographic plates.Collated, complete.Previous owner's ink inscription to the front free end paper of Perugia and Constantinople. Prize bookplate from The Tiffin Girls' School, dated 1909, to the front paste down of Cambridge. Previous owner's bookplate and stamp to the front paste down of Constantinople. Previous owner"s bookplate to the front paste down of Padua. Stamp to the verso of the title page of Lucca. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with a little cockling to the cloth and the odd faint mark. Small bump to the top of the rear board of "Constantinople". Front board is slightly warped and spine is cocked to "Avignon". Front hinge is starting to 'Cambridge' and "Lucca" but remains firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, but many remain unopened. Very Good . Ill.: Nelly Erichsen; M. Helen James; Herbert Railton; Sydney Cooper; et al. Very Good .

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